[wisb] Re: "Birding" vs. "bird watching"
- From: Paul Schwalbe <p.g6schwalbe@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 16:12:54 -0600
Dear Birders:
Birding is active, birdwatching is passive!
Birding is the only way!!!!!!!!
Good birding.................. Paul & Glenna
Paul & Glenna Schwalbe
Pardeeville, Columbia Co.
On 8 February 2011 14:04, Sharon Kennedy <sharonkennedy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi to all,
>
> Rather than add my thoughts which would be of little value to anyone, let me
> quote Roger Tory Peterson:
>
> Are you a bird watcher, an ornithologist, an ornithophile, a bird lover,
> bird fancier, bird bander, birder, bird spotter, lister, ticker, twitcher -
> or what? As for myself, I am primarily a bird artist and a bird
> photographer, a visual person obsessed by birds. I watch them, and they
> undoubtedly watch me; their eyes are better than mine.
> I favor the term bird watcher [RTP italicized "bird watcher"] for
> general use because it is inclusive. It describes almost everyone who looks
> at birds or studies them - at nearly every level, from the watcher at the
> window who simply feeds birds all the way to elitists like the fellows of
> the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) and even Nobel laureates such as
> Konrad Lorenz and Nikko Tinbergen, who have won distinction for their
> behavioral work on birds.
>
> Quoted from All Things Reconsidered: My Birding Adventures by Roger Tory
> Peterson, edited by Bill Thompson III, page 10, and reprinted from RTP's
> column in Bird Watcher's Digest, March/April 1984
>
> If "bird watcher" was good enough for RTP, then I know it's good enough for
> me! I kind of like it.
>
> Good bird watching to all!
> Sharon Kennedy
> Racine
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Hagner" <chagner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <kkraco@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 11:19 AM
> Subject: [wisb] Re: "Birding" vs. "bird watching"
>
>
>> Hi everyone--
>> Karen has put into words a chief reason why we're changing our name from
>> Birder's World to BirdWatching. If you publish a magazine and people don't
>> understand your name, you have a problem.
>>
>> Of course, everyone reading this listserv, including me, will prefer the
>> terms "birding" and "birder." Our challenge, as publishers and more
>> importantly, as bird conservationists, is to recognize that in the wide,
>> populous spaces outside of our small circle, the terms say essentially one
>> thing: Not for me.
>>
>> Say the word "birdwatching," however, and not only do all people
>> understand immediately - no clarification required - but most people will
>> go on to tell you how much they love birds and want to learn more about
>> them.
>>
>> Seems to me there's a lesson here for all of us, whether we're trying to
>> attract readers, grow an association's membership, or rally political
>> support for conservation.
>>
>> And please, don't assume that we're changing the editorial focus of the
>> magazine along with the name. Because we're not.
>>
>> Kenn, Pete, David, and our other contributing editors are all still on
>> board. And happily. We're still publishing profiles of great hotspots.
>> We're still publishing feature stories that fascinate. (You should see the
>> story about the Red Knot coming in April.) We're still publishing
>> important bird news. We're still publishing great photos. And we've added
>> a regular column by the American Bird Conservancy.
>>
>> All birdwatchers welcome.
>>
>> --Chuck
>>
>> Chuck Hagner
>> Editor, BirdWatching Magazine
>> Waukesha, WI
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Karen Kraco <kkraco@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reply-To: <kkraco@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 07:42:45 -0600
>> To: <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [wisb] Re: "Birding" vs. "bird watching"
>>
>> I, too, prefer the sound and connotations of birding, but with non-birding
>> folks often use the term birdwatching, because often I wind up needing to
>> clarify when I use birding.
>>
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Paul & Glenna Schwalbe
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