Subject: [Tweeters] a question
Date: Jul 22 11:42:08 2010
From: Mark Vernon - ma_vern at yahoo.com
I will chase after a rare bird if it happens to be in my local area. I enjoy seeing an unusual visitor. I am frequently surprised by how many unusual birds show up every year. I have places like Discovery Park and the Montlake Fill that I am particularly interested in. I try to keep monthly lists at these places. Rare birds add to my knowledge of what is possible to encounter, or perhaps represent changing trends.
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-Mark Vernon
ma_vern at yahoo.com
--- On Mon, 7/12/10, Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson at comcast.net> wrote:
From: Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson at comcast.net>
Subject: [Tweeters] a question
To: "TWEETERS" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, July 12, 2010, 8:57 PM
Hello, tweeters.
Here's my question, and it is directed solely to those people who read or hear about some rare bird being seen somewhere in the region and immediately start to plan their trip to see that bird (or look for it). Why do you do it?
I don't want this to start a chain reaction of name-calling or disagreement, so if you respond, please don't be critical of anyone else's response. As a long-time teacher, and certainly in this case, my questions are oriented toward making people think, not making them react. I don't want a response to "why do you go birding?" but just "why do you chase rare birds?"
Feel free to respond with brief or lengthy answers. I ask because I am truly interested, and I suspect many inhabitants of tweeterdom would also be interested, so please respond to the group. I know comments will be individual and personal, and I don't plan to summarize them for tweeters or compile them into a best-selling book that will pay for my retirement.
Thanks!
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Dennis Paulson
1724 NE 98 St.
Seattle, WA 98115
206-528-1382
dennispaulson at comcast.net
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