Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 16:58:54 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sherry Peruzzi Subject: Re: Warning! Get a pass before birding at PatuxentRefuge MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Please, can this discussion be continued in private rather than on the list? I would like to read discussions about Black-capped and Carolina Chickadees and reports of a Great White Heron at Fort McHenry, not personal attacks and demands to other Ospreyers. Thank you. Sherry Shireen Gonzaga wrote: > Mr. Boyle, > > I found your response to Ms. Darcey at the Patuxent > Research Refuge quite insulting and condescending. > > In reading her original message, I believe she was > expressing concern about birders going to places where > active hunting was in progress. I don't understand how > you can interpret her post as "snippy." Nor was it > necessary to insult her by suggesting that a lot of federal > employees were "painfully ignorant" about natural > history. As a writer, I've personally interacted with > many people at the USFWS and Forest Service, and > I believe that a lot of them are thoughtful and well- > informed people who are doing their best with a > limited budget. > > Since you chose to air your comments on this list, > I wish to publicly express my appreciation to > Ms. Darcy -- she was simply trying to keep us safe. > > I believe you owe her a public apology. > > - Shireen Gonzaga > > -- > Shireen Gonzaga > Baltimore, MD > whimbrel@home.com > > ======================================================================= > 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================