Here's an article Birdwatchers behaving like paparazzi
<http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/20/the-flocking-instinct/> posted a mere
couple of weeks ago. Note the secondary header: Sightings of rare bird
species trigger middle-class flash mobs, armed with cameras and tripods (my
bold). Apparently this event centered around the spotting of a Spotted
Towhee in Massachusetts. The article does go on to address the apparent
upswing in birding, a fringe element of which is competitive birding..sounds
ridiculous! What's troublesome is yet again another divisive comment
referencing photographers, yet the article's photograph shows NO
photographers, only hordes of birders packed shoulder to shoulder.



Russ