Hello,

This is also my first post. I joined this list because I'll be visiting
Seattle at the end of April and wanted to get a better understanding of the
birds and the area before I came to visit. I had no intention of joining the
argument until now. Kersti, I think your choice of words is unfortunate. I
am a photographer who loves photographing birds as well as other subjects.
Photographing birds has helped me learn more about birds and see them when
I'm not photographing them. Not all bird photographers are trying to conquer
nature. Some are just trying to preserve it.
I still look forward to my visit and if anyone wants to bird or photograph
with me at the end of April, please feel free to send my an email.

Paul Sparks
Glendale, Wisconsin

www.paulcsparks.com
www.flickr.com/photos/bookguy

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 4:03 PM, Muul, Kersti <muulk at seattleu.edu> wrote:

> Hello all,
> This is my first time writing, and I have a small request. Please stop this
> ridiculous arguing over gear and ego.
> I have these sent to me so that I may enjoy what others are experiencing in
> nature, not to get caught up in the destructiveness
> of the human, trying another angle at conquering nature, under the* guise*of wildlife photography. If you so need to document every tidbit of a bird's
> life that you end up missing the beauty and inner growth provided to you by
> outer experience, well that is unfortunate. You are behaving no better than
> paparazzi in my opinion.
> Let the birds be for God's sake, so that we may enjoy them, and each other,
> respectfully...
> Thank you,
> Kersti
>
> P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
> Kersti E. Muul
> *First President; Seattle University Wildlife and Ornithological Society*
>
> *Environmental /Ecological Studies 2010*
> 206-651-6637
> muulk at seattleu.edu
>
> *Research Intern*
> *College of Forest Resources; Wildlife Conservation Option*
> University of Washington
> <muulk at u.washington.edu>
> 'Life is really very beautiful, it is not the ugly thing that we have made
> of it; and you can appreciate its richness, its depth, its
> extraordinary loveliness *only* when you revolt against everything -
> organized religion, against tradition, against the present rotten society -
> so that you as a human being find out for *yourself* what is true. Not to
> imitate but to discover - that is education, is it not?'
>
> - Krishnamurti
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