Well said, Will. I'm largely indifferent on the issue, but I favor avoiding
feeding another "cancel culture" allegation opportunity to that certain
political group which shall not be named, thus I support keeping it CBC.

Steve Loitz
Ellensburg WA

On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 9:40 PM Will's Email <yekramw at gmail.com> wrote:


> I'm not religious. My Dad believed we lived on through our children. I'm

> 71, and I'm still not convinced if there is a "life hereafter". Far from

> it. But I enjoy Christmas music, Christmas decorations the Christmas

> season, Christmas trees and especially Christmas cookies!

>

> It IS the Christmas season! It has been for all of my 71 years and for

> 2000+ years before that. What is wrong with that?

>

> I haven't been in church, except for a wedding, for nearly 50 years. I

> seem to remember going a Christmas service in Tacoma (for the music) when I

> was stationed at Ft Lewis about 1973 or so.

>

> This is the holiday for christians. Let them have their holiday and share

> it with them. Why do you choose to take it away from those that believe?

> Share in their holiday and watch it from the outside.

>

> ENJOY WATCHING THEIR JOY! Why try to take over their holiday by usurping

> what they call it, or what tweeters has called it for years?

>

> We are all different. What is important is finding common ground, not

> trying to deny their religion or season.

>

> Sure glad we don't have a Lent or Easter Bird Count!

>

> Will Markey

> Sent from my IPhone

>

> On Nov 27, 2020, at 20:00, Phil Kelley <scrubjay323 at gmail.com> wrote:

>

> 

> I prefer Christmas.

>

> Phil Kelley

>

> On Fri, Nov 27, 2020, 7:36 PM Kevin Lucas <vikingcove at gmail.com> wrote:

>

>> I like Solstice Bird Count. That's actually what I've been calling CBC's

>> for years.

>>

>> "Winter" would only apply to northern hemisphere counts.

>>

>> Kevin Lucas

>> (still in) Yakima, WA

>>

>> Sent with AquaMail for Android

>> http://www.aqua-mail.com

>>

>> On November 27, 2020 6:20:36 PM Teresa Michelsen <

>> teresa at avocetconsulting.com> wrote:

>>

>>> I like both of these ideas

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Teresa Michelsen

>>>

>>> Shelton, WA

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> *From:* Tweeters <tweeters-bounces at mailman11.u.washington.edu> *On

>>> Behalf Of *Laurie C Beden

>>> *Sent:* Friday, November 27, 2020 6:04 PM

>>> *To:* jstewart at olympus.net

>>> *Cc:* somegum2 at hotmail.com; Jane Hadley <hadleyj1725 at gmail.com>;

>>> Tweeters, Dear <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

>>> *Subject:* Re: [Tweeters] Christmas Bird Counts this year

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Or Solstice?

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> On Nov 27, 2020, at 4:43 PM, jstewart at olympus.net wrote:

>>>

>>> 

>>>

>>> Has anyone else thought we should rename the 'Christmas Bird Count' the

>>> 'Winter Bird Count'?

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Wings,

>>>

>>> Jan

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Jan Stewart

>>>

>>> 922 E. Spruce Street

>>>

>>> Sequim, WA 98382-3518

>>>

>>> (360) 681-2827

>>>

>>> jstewart at olympus.net

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> *From:* Tweeters <tweeters-bounces at mailman11.u.washington.edu> *On

>>> Behalf Of *Jane Hadley

>>> *Sent:* Friday, November 27, 2020 3:20 PM

>>> *To:* somegum2 at hotmail.com; Tweeters, Dear <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

>>> *Subject:* [Tweeters] Christmas Bird Counts this year

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Dear Tweeters - As many of you know, every year, WOS gathers information

>>> about the 45+ Christmas Bird Counts around the state and publishes that

>>> information on the WOS web site. For the past several years, Jim

>>> Danzenbaker has been the volunteer gathering this information, so thanks to

>>> Jim for this valuable service.

>>>

>>> Jim is close to finishing up this year's list and WOS will publish this

>>> information as soon as it is available. Jim says most CBCs ARE happening

>>> this year; only a handful have been cancelled.

>>>

>>> The URL for WOS's CBC page is: https://wos.org/cbc/

>>>

>>> Or you can just go to the WOS home page at https://wos.org and look

>>> under the Activities menu.

>>>

>>> Jane Hadley

>>>

>>> Seattle, WA

>>>

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