Speaking only for myself, but once a person gets into the birding community, s/he may find there are many other ways to get involved and active in the birding life that might rightfully claim more of their time. Leading birding trips (Al ;-) is one; doing surveys is another; volunteering at the Raptor Center, the WRC's Avian Nursery, or a nature center (mea culpa) is yet another. Let's not forget the many folks who serve us all in their Audubon chapters and administer the list-serves, too. Finally, I suspect that many MOU folks are e-bird users and figure that's all they need do to share. I've come to believe there are very few "lurkers" reading the posts---just very busy people who may not have time to post. I'm also thankful for those who do post. I tend not to post what has already been found, but will try to post new or interesting arrivals, or an especially "productive" site. I realize the potential value of also sharing the non-objective or non-scientific aspects of birding, too, but don't want to over-load readers who may already have too full an agenda.
(Instead, I write poetry about birds and birding-related experience, and inflict it upon several tolerant, long-suffering, birding friends. You're welcome to become one of them---so is anyone--but you need to ask for an e-mail, because I don't blog or do the social media thing... yet :-) Good birding, Linda Whyte On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Al Schirmacher <[email protected]>wrote: > I subscribe both to MOU & Wisbirdn (former birding home, prior to 2004). > > I wonder why there are substantially less posts on MOU? > > Don't hear me wrongly, this is not a criticism, more is not necessarily > better. > > At one point I was informed that friendliness & criticism was an issue - > but over the years, having engaged with many members, and having served on > the board, find this is perception more than reality. > > Is it scope of topic? More members? More newcomers? History of rarity & > scientific inquiry, rather than sharing normal observations? > > Either way, enjoy & am thankful for both. > > Al Schirmacher > Princeton, MN > > Sent from my iPhone > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
