When a birder mid-identifies a bird, I pose this riddle: Question: "What do John James Audubon, Roger Tory Peterson, David Sibley and* you* have in common?"
Answer: "Each of you has mis-identified a bird. You just did it more recently." Joe Roller, Denver On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 10:02 AM, Bill Schmoker <[email protected]> wrote: > One of my favorite birding quotes: > > Pete Dunne, from his 2003 book titled, Pete Dunne on Bird Watching: The > How-to, Where-to, and When-to of Birding. > > “The difference between a beginning birder and an experienced one is that > beginning birders have misidentified few birds. Experienced birders have > misidentified thousands.” > > -Bill Schmoker, Longmont > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 9:50 AM, Leon Bright <[email protected]> wrote: > >> COBirders, >> >> Recognizing that many COBirders can feel intimidated by the posts of >> our superstars, and that even a few of those experts miss a call now and >> again, I offer this helpful link on How to Misidentify Birds With Grace >> and Dignity. To activate the link, copy the title (How to…), paste it to a >> search engine (i.e. Google) and click. Hope this brings relief and >> enjoyment. >> >> Leon Bright >> >> Westcliffe and Pueblo >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >> gid/cobirds/018e01d202d6%2435f6cf70%24a1e46e50%24%40comcast.net >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/018e01d202d6%2435f6cf70%24a1e46e50%24%40comcast.net?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ > Bill Schmoker > [email protected] > http://schmoker.org > http://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/us-arctic-geotraces > <720/201-5749> > \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/cobirds/CAL-wM9aAP9HYNK%3DZ2H%2BrwpH5UEbg2Lh_3Jg- > ZrviCneZD7Qakg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAL-wM9aAP9HYNK%3DZ2H%2BrwpH5UEbg2Lh_3Jg-ZrviCneZD7Qakg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAJpZcUAY4q03Z6nLR6FfTbRC65h6YKwxhncaVjtK92gkLcpgTA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
