[Maine-birds] Fw: [LABIRD-L] If you think folks in Louisiana (or Maine!) are competitive...

check out the article cited below and see if you recognize anyone - maybe oneself?

On Sunday, December 15, 2013 9:41 PM, James Bishop <bishopjmarcus@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

Nancy, Ed, LaBird, According to the book "A Bird in the Bush, A Social
History of Birdwatching," one individual mentioned in Washington Post
article in his rush to see some feathered U.K. rarity has been involved in
at least one car wreck in which people died.  And from the article, it
appears his behavior has not changed.  Not the best side of birding and not
an environmentally friendly behavior.  Jim Bishop, Kuwait

On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 11:14 PM, Nancy L. Newfield
<nancy@casacolibri.net>wrote:

> Ed,
>
> On 12/15/2013 12:17 PM, Ed Wallace wrote:
>
>  A funny, and a bit scary, article about birders in Great
>> Britain.
>>  http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-britain-bird-
>> watching-gone-wild/2013/12/14/87d5766a-61a3-11e3-a7b4-
>> 4a75ebc432ab_story.html?hpid=z3
>>
>
> I don't see anything funny or weird or scary about this article. Isn't
> that the way a lot of us bird and the way those of us who cannot wish we
> could?
>
> NLN
>
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