Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 12:16:22 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: harvey Subject: Re: NOISE REDUCTION MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I also agree wholeheartedly to both parts of Sherrie's comments. Most times I feel afraid of posting for fear of making a mistake and do not wish to hear the ridicule. As for all the other posts, if you do not wish to read them, delete them. And as you can see, my address appears prominently my post. Harvey Welsh Severn, Md. yzkrem@comcast.net ----- 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================