[texbirds] Re: Texbirds posts and UFOs in Texas
- From: Steve Gast <segast23@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "redcrossbills@xxxxxxxxx" <redcrossbills@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:28:49 -0400
I agree.
Steve Gast
Houston TX
On Jun 19, 2013, at 12:47 PM, Matthew Sim <redcrossbills@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am going to weigh into this simply because I am, quite frankly, tired of it
> all.
>
> I am 15 and have been birding for 4 years now in which time I've joined
> several birding listserves. Sure, there have been minor disagreements on all
> of them however nothing like on texbirds. To be honest and rather blunt, I
> find this rather childish and immature. As many have mentioned before, if you
> do not want to read a post, don't! I delete half the posts without
> opening them because they are of no interest to me. If you do open a post you
> didn't want to read, by all means, write up a reply; just don't send
> it!! Think about it overnight, ask yourself if it is really a good idea to
> send it and if you would be doing the birding community any good. If you
> still think it's a good idea the next day, perhaps the original post is
> not the problem...
>
> By starting all this, we are doing absolutely no good, and in fact, we're
> losing out. Beginning birders won't want to wade into this and others,
> including young birders like myself, will feel alienated and leave. We are
> only hurting ourselves. I think Mark is completely right in that we need to
> accept and respect everyone's right to post. So come one, lets be more
> tolerant and focus on the birds.
>
> Matthew Sim, a young, disgruntled birder
> Houston, Texas
>
>
>
> --- On Wed, 6/19/13, MBB22222@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > From: MBB22222@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [texbirds] Texbirds posts and UFOs in Texas
> > To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 2:40 AM
> > I read original post about
> > “Texbirds and South Texas birding” after seeing
> > a few replies in my email box and accidentally clicking on
> > one (original
> > title did not trigger my interest).
> >
> > I am not on this listserv from the beginning but I noted
> > some sad changes
> > over past few years. I think, perhaps I am wrong, that this
> > community just
> > grown too big and in consequence many small
> > sub-communities evolved; each
> > one having members that seem to believe that only
> > their group represents
> > great values, serves the whole community right and
> > fits perfectly into Texbirds
> > rules. With deferent approach to birds; birders vs.
> > birdwatchers vs. bird
> > guides vs. equipment salesmen vs. photographers,
> > evolutionists vs.
> > creationists, green vs. I do not care, etc there are
> > enough members now to form
> > large sub-communities. Some members are silent but
> > unhappy seeing posts from
> > other groups and some groups have leaders who, from
> > time to time, are
> > loudly protesting and trying to criticize approach to
> > birds that they do not
> > like for whatever reason. It was posted before - there
> > is no reason to not let
> > somebody enjoying a cardinal that visited his/her
> > backyard - one does not
> > have to read every post … Being a member of a
> > very large community require
> > acceptance of the fact that many (most) other members
> > might have different
> > opinions on many subjects (this has nothing to do who
> > is right or wrong),
> > enjoy different approach to birds and find different
> > posts interesting.
> > Trying to force our own opinions to be accepted by
> > others is not only rude but
> > tells me, IMHO, that one who does that might have many
> > weaknesses and
> > cannot be happy no matter what …
> >
> > And birds that we can find and see in TEXAS are incredible.
> > Not long time
> > ago I found one alien that visited the state. Recently
> > I found and add to
> > my collection another one.
> >
> > These who are easy to get scare, do not like photos or read
> > but do not like
> > my post - they do not have to click on the link below. If
> > some believe
> > these are not birds but extraterrestrial beings - I
> > cannot guarantee that
> > those two are birds`but both were seen in Texas
> > …
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/image/150870101
> >
> > If only a few would like them I did not waste my time. BTW,
> > somebody else
> > have seen and photographed other alien birds in Texas?
> >
> > Mark B Bartosik
> > Houston, Texas
> > http://www.pbase.com/mbb/from_the_field
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> > //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds
> >
> > Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without
> > seeking permission
> > from the List Owner
> >
> >
> >
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>
> Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission
> from the List Owner
>
>
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