[texbirds] Re: Glaucus Gull
- From: Jim Sinclair <jim.sinclair@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Clay Taylor <Clay.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 13:47:27 -0600
Well stated, Clay.
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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> >>> Monte
> >>> Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the
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