FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Re: Birding Irresponsibility

[Mike Poe <mpoe@xxxxxxx>]

Just thought I would offer a quick response to the birding=20
irresponsibility post.  What the gentleman making the post probably=20
doesn=92t realize is that the post made by Wallace Coffey was not about=20=

some run of the mill birders.  Their presence at Quarry Bog could be=20
closer categorized as scientific research rather than some birders=20
trying to add a bird to a life list.

Wallace Coffey is the author of =93Birds of Shady Valley=94 and holds =
not=20
only a state banding permit but a National one as well and has probably=20=

the most extensive historical records of bird sightings in the state.=20
Rick Knight is the author of =93Birds of Northeast Tennessee=94 and has=20=

worked on various migration monitoring projects as well as the=20
Peregrine Falcon restoration and was a member of the team looking for=20
the Ivory-billed Woodpecker in the Pearl River WMA.  Dr. Tom Laughlin=20
is an Assistant Professor in the Biology Department at East Tennessee=20
State University and is on the Board of Trustees for the Southern=20
Appalachian Highlands Conservancy.  Pages could be written about the=20
above and their contributions made to birding as well as working to=20
preserve habitat.

Quarry Bog is already a protected area under The Nature Conservancy.  =20=

Something that is common knowledge in upper East Tennessee but=20
understandably easily overlooked  by others in the state reading=20
Wallace=92s post.

I for one am glad when scientific studies and findings are shared in=20
this forum as increased knowledge is typically a good thing.  These=20
gentlemen obviously don=92t need me to defend their actions but I felt a=20=

response was warranted however feeble my attempt may be.

Mike Poe
Holston Community
Kingsport, TN
Sullivan County=

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