[Birdtalk] Birdnet/Birdtalk - final thoughts from me (?)

[Ronnie Johnson]

It seems that the perceived snotty attitude is a recurring theme.  Birding
IS a lot of fun, it just seems that the Utah birding group comprises a few
folks who don't play well with others.  Take heart, David.  There are still
good people and good resources out there.

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 12:37 PM, David Jensen <dlj11350 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>   NOTE: THIS MESSAGE IS BEING SENT VIA BIRDTALK, NOT BIRDNET - JUST WANT
> TO MAKE THAT PERFECTLY CLEAR SO THAT I'M NOT TAKEN TO TASK BY ANYONE
>
> After I'd made my little posting re the crows, I read comments from the
> "COMBINED" postings list, and then looked at my personal email and read a
> slug more comments from a good number of people. I was rather unnecessarily
> angry all last evening over this flap that was being made to seem like it
> was my fault. I just went back and reread comments from people that appeared
> on the "combined" list re my crow sighting. About half the people responded
> via birdnet and half via birdtalk. So, that's that. After reading a good
> number of pieces of private mail I came to the realization that most people
> who visit the site find it easiest to just send in everything they have to
> report or just say via birdnet. That's not meant to be a snotty observation.
> It just seems to be the case.
> Just before I started writing this I went to utahbirds.org and scanned
> down the left hand of the site and found the RARE bird report "section" -
> which means that the site does include a place for people to report rare
> birds. Why people don't use it regularly is something I wouldn't know about.
>
> I think this thing could be hashed out for the rest of all time and
> eternity, but unless someone (don't look at me) decides that something needs
> to be done, and then actually goes ahead and does it, this sort of
> mini-problem is going to come up again and again and again...
> I don't have a cell phone or any other fancy electronic gadgets - I'd hate
> to be left out of the loop if any wonderfully rare sightings were posted and
> I didn't have the chance to find out about them until it was too late.
> Holy cow! I remember when birding was just very fun, exciting, enjoyable,
> and when there was a sense of community where all sorts of birders would
> contact other birders by phone to tell about observations (rare or not) or
> to ask, "Hey, we're going out by the airport to see the Lark Buntings -
> wanna come along?"
> Anyway...
> David Jensen
> P.S. I've also heard from a good number of people who just don't care about
> the whole "separation-of-reports" thing - they're perfectly happy just to go
> to the "combined" list to see what's going on in general.
>
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