Re: Bird Science

["Dora Smith" <villandra@austin.rr.com>]

Well, it depends on how much it matters to you.  You seem pretty upset given
that you're saying it doesn't matter.   My own perceptions are those of a
nonscientist.   I'm just one of the great mass of the rest of humanity.

I myself am not really attached enough to the term +ACI-ornithology+ACI- to get
vehemently upset about the term itself.

The subject came up on the other bird lists the same way I've repeatedly
seen it come up+ADs- newcomer gets gnashed or confused by the conservatives in
the tug of war going on over the study of birds that I now see has gotten
completely ridiculous.   But that can only matter if the perceptions of
amateur birders and the public in general matter.

Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, Texas
villandra+AEA-austin.rr.com
+AD4-
+AD4- And herpetologists might as well stop calling themselves herpetologists.
+AD4- Ornithology is hardly headed for extinction or +ACI-hobby status.+ACI-  
As for
what
+AD4- the casual observer of ornithology thinks...if they're casual observers
they
+AD4- don't matter that much, yes?
+AD4-
+AD4- JGK
+AD4-
+AD4-