Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 12:00:10 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Andy Martin Subject: Re: NOISE REDUCTION MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I am about 2 mos. new to MDOsprey and I thoroughly enjoy it. I cannot comment about the misidentifications. But I'm all for scope and bird guide talk. I even enjoyed the string about that "Rare Bird" movie. Finally caught it on Cinemax this week. If it interests me I read - if not I delete. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherry Peruzzi" To: Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 10:33 AM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] NOISE REDUCTION > I agree with the comment about the responses to mistaken identifications. I've > cringed at some of the patronizing comments I see when someone makes a mistake > -- and have a couple of times been the object of them. A week or two ago I > identified an immature male Common Goldeneye at Centennial Lake several days > before it was posted here, but I didn't post for fear of derision if I were > wrong. As it happened, I was correct on all three counts -- it was indeed > identified by a more experienced birder as an immature male Common Goldeneye -- > but although I was confident enough of my identification to include it in my own > 2003 list, I was afraid to post. > > I disagree strenuously with the comment about responding on-list to questions > about optics, field guides and such. I read those replies avidly. I'm saving my > pennies for a scope, and the various replies to the question about inexpensive > scopes were extremely valuable to me -- in fact, I saved all of them for future > reference. If I ever get the opportunity to go the Caribbean, I can search the > archives for the responses to the question about bird guides for Grenada, which > included additional helpful information from Gail Mackiernan about websites. I > would hate to see this useful information lost to the rest of us because the > replies were sent privately -- please do continue responding publicly to > requests for information. As a relatively new birder it's invaluable to me, and > even the most experienced birders may learn something. > > Sherry Peruzzi > bookworms -at- comcast -dot- net > > [address munged to foil spammers] > > > James Speicher wrote: > > > I'm relatively new to this "server" but it does seem that there could be > > improvements in efficiency. If you are posting a strictly personal appeal, > > for example suggestions on field guides or spotting scopes, you should place > > your e-mail address PROMINENTLY in the text of your message so it can be > > easily cut and pasted for those wishing to reply to you (check it twice for > > accuracy!!!). Otherwise the tendency seems to be that the replies will go > > out to all the members. > > > > The second observation is to comment that the whole point of this site is to > > share our enjoyment in our hobby by letting people know what's being seen in > > the area. Mis-identifications are going to happen, but i don't think anyone > > needs to apologize for making a mistake. That approach will only increase > > the chances of someone failing to post a bird siting that we would all like > > to know about for fear that they may be mistaken. > > > > I also wonder if it's really necessary for most of us to know the connection > > between James Bond the field guide author, James Bond the fictional > > character and Ian Fleming. This is the second time this has surfaced in the > > two months i've belonged to OSPREY. > > > > If this offends anyone in any way, i suggest that you reply to me personally > > (address below) to spare everyone else on the server from even more noise... > > > > Jim Speicher > > > > jspeicher@niaid.nih.gov > > > > ======================================================================= > > 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================