Why cannot "pure birders" also be photographers? I believe the problem here is the discrimination against photographers, that being one, while birding, excludes you from being considered a real birder, a notion I completely reject.

Ted Ryan

On Jan 7, 2011, at 8:03 AM, "Joseph V Higbee" <jvhigbee at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I can?t blame Jile for the frustration even if it is expressed a little grossly. There are a lot of people interested in nature, birds and wildlife these days, both photographers and pure birders as well as hybrids of the two. That makes it very important that we put on our best unselfish, longsuffering attitude when leaving for the field. Surely if we try hard we can all enjoy the same things in different ways without having to suffer instances of embarrassment such as Jile describes.
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