Re: [Maine-birds] Store/Winterport TWO

Oops, sorry all, I wasn't replying...I'm just still getting used to a sensitive touch screen!

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On Dec 6, 2012, at 9:31 AM, Store <freeportwildbird@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> On Dec 6, 2012, at 9:29 AM, Kristen Lindquist <kelindquist@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Sorry, I have to chime in here, as well. The ethics of watching birds,
>> rare or otherwise, is something that should *always* be relevant as a
>> topic on this list-serv. Respect for private property--around feeders,
>> someone's yard, a back field, anywhere--should always be in our minds
>> when we are out in the field.
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>> I have personally witnessed situations in which birders' lack of
>> respect for landowners' wishes led to not only very bad public
>> relations (and termination of the ability of anyone to see the bird)
>> but also endangerment of the bird itself. If being reminded of these
>> ethical considerations is considered "preaching," than I can't think
>> of a more appropriate pulpit than this list-serv, to be honest,
>> because we're the ones out there doing the observing, while also
>> representing the larger birding community in Maine.
>>
>> Kristen
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>> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 8:09 AM, Store <freeportwildbird@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> May I respectfully ask how access to rarities - both current and future - at
>>> feeders is not directly relevant to birds (and sighting thereof)?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Derek
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On Dec 6, 2012, at 8:07 AM, Robin R Robinson <rrrobinson2010@hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
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>>> What "gets my goat" is when the list serve is used as a platform for
>>> preaching rather than sightings and matters not directly related to birds.
>>>
>>> Robin R Robinson
>>> Birding The Burg. My door is always open to any of you.
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