Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 14:07:06 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Greg Downing Subject: Re: Snowy Owl Situation MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Norm, After my long posting I just re-read your post and want to clarify (drive home) one point in response to your quote "Communication is wonderful but when it results in irresponsible behavior perhaps it is time to think about curtailing that communication." In my view we must keep the communication open and constantly remind people act responsibly. When you witnessed the birders standing in the road in the face of oncoming cars did you say anything to them? I guess before all this mess happened I wouldn't have said anything if it was me, but maybe now I realize that I should say something before someone else does, like an angry neighbor for instance. Already MDOSPREY has taught a lesson to a birder and that birder in turn is trying to pass the word. That birder is me. That can't be bad. Thanks for being here Norm. Greg Downing Parkton, MD gregdowning@mindspring.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norm Saunders" To: Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 3:24 AM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Snowy Owl Situation > Part of the problem, as Mr. Mumford himself noted, is that people are > going back, over and over, to see the owl. I believe Mr. Mumford said > it was his eleventh trip? Yes, go see a rare bird. Enjoy it. But once > you've seen it--stay away so as not to overtax the sensibilities of the > folks that live there. > > The rest, not trespassing, not blocking the road, all of that should be > common sense. Sadly, birders I saw up there were almost arrogant in the > way they stood in the road in the face of oncoming cars. It is indeed a > sad situation, one that when it arises makes me wonder at the ultimate > value of MDOsprey and lists like it. Communication is wonderful but > when it results in irresponsible behavior perhaps it is time to think > about curtailing that communication. > ======================= > Norm Saunders > Colesville, Montgomery County, MD > marshhawk@worldnet.att.net > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================