[wisb] Re: Greatest Birder?
- From: "Tom Wood" <tcwood729@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <Wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 16:35:13 -0500
Peterson certainly had the biggest impact on me personally, as I was
self-taught through his field guides. But, if we go back a little further,
before I started birding, I would have to nominate Ludlow Griscom. He,
despite resistance from his contemporaries, proved and promoted the fact
that birds could be identified by field marks, and that it was unnecessary
to have the bird in hand to determine its identification. He was a major
influence on Roger Tory Peterson and probably the inspiration for his field
guides. If birders had to shoot birds and identify them in the hand today,
"birding" would be limited to scientific collectors.
Thomas Wood, Menomonee Falls, Waukesha County
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Subject: [wisb] Greatest Birder?
Working on Sunday's message, having responded to migration radar this
morning without success (no guarantee the migrants were in my patch!), and
wondering: What birder (loosely defined) has had the greatest impact on
birding across the world?
Of course this is a subjective question, based as much on ignorance as
knowledge, but when I think about Audubon, Wilson, Peterson, Parker,
Snetsinger and others (please pardon my Anglo bias, it's what I know), I
have a tough time topping Roger Tory Peterson's overall impact.
Your thoughts?
Al Schirmacher
Muscotah, KS
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