Hmmm, original post sent on ...

April the First

Any possibility that has anything to do with the silliness of the
subject, or is this Truth?

I could not find many references, other than from the OP .....

Makes me wonder, how about you?

Quoting Dusty <Tweet2Tweet at innerlodge.com>:

> Good grief! Yet another self-aggrandizing, self-elevated, self-important
> alphabet-soup group that decides for the peasants what is and isn't
> permitted? Who the heck cares how one finds or logs a bird? I knew a blind
> lady that could obviously only bird-by-ear. She could ID a bird I couldn't
> even see with unfailing accuracy! So, now because she didn't get there on
> an approved, sunshine-sipping, purpose-built vehicle; didn't drive 100's of
> miles to a designated, named, numbered and approved wildlife area; and
> didn't have a $10,000 invested in a scope, camera, or set of binoculars with
> an autographed Peterson's by her side, her calls are not valid? Give me a
> break!
>
> Maybe it's time to give the bureaucrats the old heave-ho and bring birding
> back to free citizens instead.
>
>
>
> Dusty Bleher
> Watching my feathered buddies from atop Goebel Hill, NW of Granite Falls.
>
>
>
> From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu
> [mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Mike &
> MerryLynn
> Sent: 1 April, 2014 22:03
> To: Tweeters
> Subject: [Tweeters] Knot Holes
>
>
>
> Hello All,
>
>
>
> Just wanted to share with you the new ABA area requirement that will no
> longer allow listing of new bird species for your life list that are seen
> through knot holes. The ABA feels that looking at birds through knot holes
> is some what under handed and is not "gaming" or fair to the birds. Kind of
> like hearing a new species and counting it even though you have never really
> seen it in your life. So it was decided by the ABA committee that knot hole
> birding is out and that you must be outside of a cabin or clap board latrine
> in order to observe any new bird species for your life list. Mr. Robert L.
> Kliest of DimeBox, Texas is very upset as he has built himself a knot hole
> blind out of an abandoned cabin from across the street. Most of his "good"
> birds were seen from that blind through the knot holes. Mrs. J. P. Monson a
> long time ABA member is really sore over this new rule as she had taken the
> time to hammer out all the old tin can lids her late father Chester had
> hammered onto the house to block all those woodpecker holes in the walls of
> the house. So no doubt this new rule will cause some folks heart burn and
> also create ethical issues for some. The ABA no doubt sees this new rule as
> a black and white issue and really does not see the need for"outside"
> discussion. So I guess you could write them or call their office to let them
> know how you feel about the loss of knot hole birding.
>
> Thank-you Mike Denny
>
> *******************************************************
> Mike & MerryLynn Denny
> Birding the beautiful Walla Walla Valley
>
>
>
> "If you haven't birded, you haven't lived"
>
>



Bill Dewey
www.thefocusedeye.com
Marysville, WA