Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 14:27:40 -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 Hello me again. Thanks to Dianne Depuy for this Greg, > > The American Birding Association's Code of Birding Ethics may be found at > their website, http://www.americanbirding.org/abaethics.htm. I believe > that it is also published on the MOS website (http://www.mdbirds.org) but > I'm unable to get there right now to check. That is the standard set of > ethics "preached" by most (if not all) birders and birding organizations. Now I feel like an idiot. Greg Downing Parkton, MD gregdowning@mindspring.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Downing" To: Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 2:07 PM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Snowy Owl Situation > 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 > ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================