Subject: [Tweeters] Re: DIRECTIONS & place names (for a broad,
Date: Oct 31 18:54:03 2007
From: Stewart Wechsler - ecostewart at quidnunc.net
Read on if you're still interested in this subject:
I do appreciate that Tweeters subscribers will usually be happy to e-mail
specifics on request, but while each of us wades through large numbers of
e-mails and posts on each of our lists each day (many of us relying on the
subject line to quickly decide whether to read further) it is not always
practical to take the time to ask additional specifics just to find out
whether the bird, beast, subject or location is one that you are interested
in enough to persue further or even read about. I don't ask that people
give specific directions for each bird or beast on each post (though if you
want to that's fine), but at least a general location (preferably in the
subject lnie) that would allow a majority of subscribers from any part of
the state to reasonably quickly determine how noteworthy the sighting is and
generally where in the state these birds are being seen (county names and
larger city names and major mountain ranges can be quickly found on a map if
people don't know them). This will allow us all to quickly decide if we
want to read more and whether we might want to take the time to try to find
the bird. Habitat types where birds or other critters are seen can also be
helpful, but not necessary.
For those of you that added your additional post on the subject to tell the
rest of us that we shouldn't add an additional post on the subject, the
above subject line should have sufficed to allow you to have quickly deleted
this or not to have read it.
Stewart
-----Original Message From: Jeffjendro at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 11:48 AM
Subject: [Tweeters] Re: DIRECTIONS & place names
If I find a post where I don't recognize the location the sender gets a
e-mail for specifics. So far everyone has been very courteous in providing
location and how to get there.
Jeff Jendro
Longview, WA