[texbirds] Re: Texas Bird Image Archives
- From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Joe Dorn, W5VEX" <jbdvex@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 10:10:28 -0500
I was referring to region 6 not Central Texas ...Nothing wrong with Central
Texas at all or region 6, Its my favorite region in the state but big
chunks of it away from I-35 go largely under or unbirded.. My veins gin on
Post Oak sap.
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Brush Freeman
503-551-5150 Cell
120 N. Red Bud Trail. Elgin, Tx. 78621
http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/
Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas
On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 9:53 AM, Joe Dorn, W5VEX <jbdvex@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> What is the problem with Central Texas? We have a significant population
> and
> two well searched for endangered species. Along with several locations that
> come up on this list fairly often. ( Belton and Stillhouse Hollow Lakes,
> Balcones Wildlife area, Granger Lake and Fort Hood come to mind
> immediately)
>
>
> Joe B. Dorn, W5VEX
>
> 7969 West FM 93
> Belton, Texas 76513
>
> Home Phone: (254) 939-5918
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> From: texbirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:texbirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Clay Taylor
> Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2015 11:59 PM
> To: texasbirdimages@xxxxxxxxx; Brush Freeman
> Cc: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [texbirds] Re: Texas Bird Image Archives
>
> Jim -
>
> Well said. I am as guilty as any when it comes to submitting images of
> birds from locations other than my Local Patch, and even then I have my
> good
> days and bad months.
>
>
> Clay Taylor
> TOS Life Member
> Calallen (Corpus Christi), TX
> Clay.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: texbirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:texbirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Jim Peterson
> Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2015 5:04 PM
> To: Brush Freeman
> Cc: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [texbirds] Re: Texas Bird Image Archives
>
> Brush:
> Thanks for posting this about the lack of bird images.
>
> As everyone is aware, the photo-documentation of birds has become prolific
> since we all threw away film and went digital. Almost everyone has a camera
> in their pocket now. And frankly, there are about a 30-40 photographers who
> are so prolific in certain areas that they can make up for problems within
> a
> region. For example, there are probably 3-4 photographers that carry 70% of
> all the photo-documentation for Region 6, because they take lots of
> pictures. I'm extremely grateful for that, but I wouldn't mind spreading
> the
> workload.
>
> Part of this lack of photo-documentation is our own fault in the birding
> community. We had gone decades archiving all of our written documentation
> with North American Birds, TOS, and even local Audubon sightings in
> newsletters. We never thought much about it. Written documentation was
> important. Then suddenly when photography took-off and everyone started
> taking really good images easily, we sort of acted like it was just
> recreation. Images got spread all over the Internet when we should have
> been
> archiving them along with the written documentation. All of that
> photo-documentation helps reinforce our Texas accepted species. It helps
> document rarities, and it helps us with plumage variations by adding a
> visual reference.
>
> In Texas, we have huge amounts of regional rarities that are beyond the
> scope of the Texas Bird Records Committee in most cases. A Black-throated
> Sparrow in Dallas County, for example, would be extremely rare there even
> though it's fairly common just two counties to the west. We simply have had
> no adequate structure for preserving photo-documentation of such species
> should it become available. The status and distribution of all Texas birds
> will have to rely heavily on these images in the future. It's not like our
> museums are going to be re-filled with voucher specimens.
>
> Since we now have a online mechanism with the TOS \ Texasbirdimages
> website,
> I think it's just a matter of time before every photographer gets
> acquainted
> with the importance of archiving images just like written documentation
>
> Our biggest problems are with regions that have a combination of both low
> population and a lack well-visited birding locations, namely the Texas
> Panhandle (Region 1), East Texas (Region 3), and Central Texas (Region 6).
> So if you have images of birds that are at least fairly uncommon even for a
> county in those regions (or any region), it might be worth it to submit
> them.
>
> Sorry for the speech-talk... and thanks to the photographers who continue
> to
> submit work (over 500 photographers at present). I am always amazed that so
> many do.
>
> Jim Peterson
> Dallas, Texas
> http://www.texasbirdimages.com
>
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > .
> > Looking thru this I see quite a few gaps for region 6, not so
> > regularly birded. Surely there are photos out there of the Bastrop
> > Lake Blue-footed Booby, the Fayette Lake Common Black-Hawk,
> > Rough-legged Hawk, Sabine's Gull etc. etc. It is kind of embarrassing
> > we in the region are under-represented. ....You can view the archive
> > at http://www.texasbirdimages.com/home and submit any photos you might
> > have to
> > fill in the blanks. I'm not a photographer but will try....Somewhere I
> > have a photo of Black-throated Blue but I have given up for now,
> > trying to find it. Likely it is mislabeled.
> > **********************************************************************
> > Brush Freeman
> > 503-551-5150 Cell
> > 120 N. Red Bud Trail. Elgin, Tx. 78621
> > http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/
> > Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas
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