tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14558933.post116535952272266242..comments2023-12-19T09:09:30.696-06:00Comments on Birding is *NOT* a Crime!!!: It's Christmas (Bird Count) Time Again--Hooray!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14558933.post-1165773218674258122006-12-10T11:53:00.000-06:002006-12-10T11:53:00.000-06:00Not luddite, dear. Sour grapes.Not luddite, dear. Sour grapes.Bill Pulliamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02333438671130100114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14558933.post-1165719474610744202006-12-09T20:57:00.000-06:002006-12-09T20:57:00.000-06:00No, that wouldn't be cool because the bird might b...<I>No, that wouldn't be cool because the bird might be half of the last nesting pair the cats haven't eaten.</I><BR/><BR/>Ok, but then the other of the nesting pair could be collected and be the basis of a new IBWO collection at Auburn.<BR/><BR/>Now that would be cool, wouldn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14558933.post-1165686686273600322006-12-09T11:51:00.000-06:002006-12-09T11:51:00.000-06:00Bill Pulliam,Can you say "Luddite"? I'm sure your...Bill Pulliam,<BR/><BR/>Can you say "Luddite"? I'm sure your just being a crank, but Google Earth is really helping folks find some new habitats they may have overlooked in the past. Is that so bad?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14558933.post-1165551824378076702006-12-07T22:23:00.000-06:002006-12-07T22:23:00.000-06:00That damn Google Earth, absolutely useless without...That damn Google Earth, absolutely useless without a broadband connection, a luxury that us rural hillbillies do not have access to and likely won't have access to for many years without blowing several $100s for satellite hookup plus a monthly pound of flesh. <BR/><BR/>Seems to me we used to do our CBCs by actually going out and looking for birds with binoculars, not surfing on the internet. Did I miss a memo?Bill Pulliamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02333438671130100114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14558933.post-1165538991772952652006-12-07T18:49:00.000-06:002006-12-07T18:49:00.000-06:00Wouldn't that be cool? No, that wouldn't be cool ...<I> Wouldn't that be cool? </I> No, that wouldn't be cool because the bird might be half of the last nesting pair the cats haven't eaten.Bird Advocatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14046338291483808594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14558933.post-1165445646337695582006-12-06T16:54:00.000-06:002006-12-06T16:54:00.000-06:00Wouldn't it be cool if we waited till Dr. Hill's r...Wouldn't it be cool if we waited till Dr. Hill's remote sensing audio recorders picked up a double-knock and then we centered a new Christmas count circle at that spot and we saw an Ivory Bill as the first bird of a new Christmas count circle and then we witnessed a cat catch and devour the pecker and we shot it. (The cat not the pecker.) Then we opened up the cat and analysed the stomach contents and proved that he bird actually was an Ivory Bill.<BR/><BR/>Wouldn't that be cool?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com