IMHO you should do just as you do. Do not be discouraged because you have not become jaded with long life lists. Report what you see. Do not be intimidated. No one among us is very frightening, in fact.
Joe Monda
Capitol Hill (where I saw an infrequent Steller Jay yesterday, perhaps driven to our neighborhood by the invading Scrubs)
----- Original Message -----
From: Leah Lee
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 12:12 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Re: 5. By the way,I mean that as no respect to the recent Scrub Jay


As a new birder, and one filled with excitement and discovery, I've really enjoyed learning from more experienced birders via Tweeters. It's nice to have this resource and be part of such a welcoming community - a community full of intelligent and helpful folks always willing to pass on what they know and help new birders.



I share this because posting to Tweeters can be very intimidating to new birders, and to see this type of response to posts (like mine) about correctly identifying my first Western Scrub Jay really discourages me from participating. Perhaps Tweeters is only meant for the expert birder?



Leah







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