[wisb] Re: "Birding" vs. "bird watching"
- From: H Lowell Hall <hhall@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bettie@xxxxxxxxxx;,Wisconsin Birding Network <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:11:48 -0600
Quite right, and very relevant.
Lowell Hall, Milwaukee
At 08:10 AM 2/8/2011, you wrote:
>The title "Birding" is already used by the American Birding
>Association (ABA) for their magazine. Another one of the same title
>would be too confusing, I think.
>
>Bettie Harriman
>Oshkosh
>
>At 12:30 AM 2/8/2011, KAREN JOHNSON wrote:
> >"BIRDING" or keeping "BIRDERS WORLD" are my preferences.
> >Karen Johnson
> >Milwaukee (BayView)
> >
> >On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Mike Duchek <mikeduchek@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > I just got an email from "Birder's World" magazine that they are changing
> > > the name to "Birdwatching" magazine. I assume the decision is already
> > > final, but I thought it was interesting and just thought I'd
> ask what term
> > > people prefer here.
> > >
> > > As the Wikipedia article on the subject kind of mentions, the
> term birding
> > > can be preferred because birdwatching is a term that excludes
> not only the
> > > auditory aspects of birding, but also things you could include like "bird
> > > finding," "bird learning," "bird photohraphing," "bird
> counting," etc... So
> > > "birding" is a nice useful term that encompasses all these ideas in one
> > > term. That and "bird watching" can have a negative connotation, in part
> > > because it suggests something very passive and boring (i.e.,
> standing still
> > > and watching birds). As people know, this is often a very small part of
> > > what I would consider "birding" to encompass, and "birding" to me is much
> > > more than that and can be both physically active (i.e., going to Devil's
> > > Lake to look for solitaires) and exciting (i.e., seeing something
> > rare), and
> > > allows us to contribute to science in a way that most other
> hobbies don't.
> > >
> > > Just wanted to hear other people's thoughts about the two terms. Don't
> > > mean to criticize a decision made to draw more people or get into a
> > > discussion of anything specific to the magazine, but to me
> "bird watching"
> > > is often the term that turns people off, not the other way around and I
> > > prefer "birding" instead.
> > >
> > > So, what term do you prefer?
> > >
> > > -Mike Duchek, Waukesha, Waukesha Co.
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> >Karen Johnson
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