[texbirds] Re: Glaucus Gull
- From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Clay Taylor <Clay.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 13:44:41 -0600
Maybe things have changed, but when I was on-board with TOS there was no
office, library or storage facility except in part via Dr. Arnold at the
TCWC where he maintains the hard copy documentation for the TBRC. Review
Species submissions only. I do not know of anyone that retains or even
wants to retain photos of common birds like Green Jay, Harris's Sparrow or
Laughing Gull. Maybe the folks at VIREO or Cornell might be.interested.
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Brush Freeman
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http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/
Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas
On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Clay Taylor
<Clay.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Ok, let's carry that thought forward. I gave 4,000 photos to the
> Swarovski Optik online Birding Game for their Hazel Bazemore Park hotspot
> (heck, many of them were taken on the job, anyway). So what if I upload
> all those images to TOS. Who will be responsible for them? What do they
> do with them? How do they store them / index them, etc.? BTW - is
> there such a position as TOS Photo Editor ?
>
> I sat in on the recent TOS Board Meeting, and like virtually every other
> non-profit group that I have been affiliated with, there is a core group of
> people that work their butts off to make the organization run smoothly. I
> doubt that any of the people in that meeting has the time to take on
> another job within the organization.
>
> So, even if I send 100 images, and 19 more TOS members send a similar
> number, that's 2000 images to manage. Given what we LIKE to photograph,
> there will be a LOT of Green Jays, Painted Buntings, Red-tailed Hawks (both
> in flight and on telephone poles), etc., etc. How many common species
> like Chipping Sparrows, Mourning Doves, etc., will be submitted? So when
> our hypothetical TOS Photo Editor needs an image of a species that is not
> "pretty", what are the chances that there is one already in the files?
>
> I am fine with getting a request for species photos, and hopefully that
> comes with enough lead time for me to be able to send some up.
>
> Clay Taylor
> Calallen (Corpus Christi) TX
> Clay.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Jan 20, 2014, at 2:01 PM, "Monte" <monte.phillips@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Can't afford them? Unacceptable excuse. The point is there are
> > literally DOZENS of albums out there of members and friends of TOS who
> > would donate pictures. If they wait until the last minute to ask then
> > that is just laziness on TOS's part. They should have an open request
> > fro submissions. Computer storage is so cheap now that to not have an
> > enormous library from which to sort through is just inane.
> >
> >
> >
> >> On 1/20/2014 12:53 PM, Clay Taylor wrote:
> >> ....because TOS cannot afford to pay (nor should they, IMHO) what most
> photographers want to charge for their images.
> >>
> >> Personally, I am always happy to contribute bird images, but too often
> the request for photos arrives and I cannot break loose time in which to
> find them in time for the submission deadline. Heck, I barely have the
> time to sort and file what I do shoot.
> >>
> >> Clay Taylor
> >> Swarovski Optik N.A.
> >> Calallen (Corpus Christi) TX
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >>> On Jan 20, 2014, at 1:43 PM, "Monte" <monte.phillips@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> * Robert,
> >>> * Good pic. After looking at your album I am left wondering why the
> >>> TOS books (and some others) are filled with such crappy photos?
> >>>
> >>> Monte Phillips
> >>> Tx City
> >>>
> >>> *
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> * /From/: Robert Becker <robertjbecker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> * /To/: texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> * /Date/: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 20:44:04 -0800 (PST)
> >>>
> >>> I found and photographed the Glaucous Gull at about 12:20 pm today at
> Boca
> >>> Chica. I scoured both sides of the river but could not come up with
> the Little
> >>> Gull. There were hundreds of gulls, terns, sandpipers, pelicans and
> other birds
> >>> there today. Two birders alerted me to the presence of the Glaucous
> about 1/4
> >>> mile south of the entrance road on to the beach, towards the river.
> Thanks to
> >>> Dan Jones for his report.
> >>>
> >>> Photos at:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/13451078@N03/sets/72157638997525185/
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Bob Becker
> >>> Rancho Viejo
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