No.
Bon voyage.
Bon voyage.
Tim Allwood said:don't tell me, compelling is the new 'interesting'
Tim
Tim Allwood said:don't tell me, compelling is the new 'interesting'
Tim
all of which confirms a lot of widely held views/beliefs outside of the birding community.Tim Allwood said:I'm here till Weds MMinNY
enjoy it
wise words from John Wall: Birding magazine has been in free fall ever since the dudes who took over the American Birding Association fired Paul Lehman as editor. The latest issue, March-April 2007, an Ivory-billed Woodpecker special, establishes a new low, unless it's an April Fools parody of a birding magazine. There is an article by somebody who claims he saw an Ivorybill in South Carolina 20 years ago, an article entitled "Saving the Ivory-billed Woodpecker" by a woman who studies foxes, and another article by Luneau of the infamous video. To top it off, the ABA is selling Ivory-billed Woodpecker coffee! Anyone still a member of the ABA who is not a member of the OBC, NBC, ABC and OSME should reallocate the annual subscription.
and i saw this on Tom's site. Nice style whoever it is...
Photos of Mennill: 8
Photos of dead IBWO: 3
Photos of live IBWO: ZERO
So Mennill's website clearly documents his existence and in a range of habitats. But having a website where the investigator/study species photo ratio is 8:3 with the latter all being dead indicates either a sense of self importance by the investigator or the state of extinction in the study species.
Or both.
choupique1 said:all of which confirms a lot of widely held views/beliefs outside of the birding community.
Well I imagine that bored is a nice way of saying totally bored, totally frustrated I had the same feeling when Cornell did not produce in 2005 => 2006. Myself not a possible sighting or audio or anything sound, or other wise since January 2006. I am now searching the Northern tip of an area that I started searching two maybe three years ago from the south. Should be finished by this fall, back track and start over. Yes, and no confirmed sightings to date but some possibilities. My outboard motor/boat will be out of the shop tomorrow so back to 100% in business this weekend, tired of paddling. Tired and looking forward to the conclusion either way as you. Thanks to Timeshadowed and others for having my back while searching. As long as the threads remain bias and you and I keep debating what we do the true answer will come. I will not quite searching will you?Ilya Maclean said:Sorry if I missed your point, but is what your point? There's lots of good habitat, but no confirmed woodies yet. Good luck searching and I really mean that, but I think quite a lot people are getting bored with all this "promising habitat", "promising Kent calls", "promising scaling", promising holes" etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. I think that’s the main reason this thread descends into petty name-calling, mud-slinging and character assassinations is that there really is nothing else to talk about, it’s all been said before. Lots of times and nothing’s changed. There are already several other threads and forums that are exclusively for believers, but they don’t seem to thrive in the same way as this one. People get bored of patting each other on the back after a while I guess.
Incidentally Timeshadowed. I’d be curious to know how much time you spend searching for IBWOs? Your contributions to this thread appear to have consisted primarily of rather badly aimed and completely pointless pot-shots at “the evil sceptics” of late.
Well I did think that "interesting", "compelling" and even "fascinating" were rather overused.Tim Allwood said:maybe 'powerful' is the new interesting?
Tim
Goatnose,Goatnose said:I will not quit searching will you?
Tim Allwood said:yep
and how many of the Florida birds did you see then?
it was 'birds' wasn't it?
Tim
Funny. I'm sure that's been said before.choupique1 said:all of that information will come out at a later date.
Osprey_watcher said:Funny. I'm sure that's been said before.
Oh yes about a hundred times.
Tim Allwood said:I'm here till Weds MMinNY
enjoy it
wise words from John Wall: Birding magazine has been in free fall ever since the dudes who took over the American Birding Association fired Paul Lehman as editor. The latest issue, March-April 2007, an Ivory-billed Woodpecker special, establishes a new low, unless it's an April Fools parody of a birding magazine. There is an article by somebody who claims he saw an Ivorybill in South Carolina 20 years ago, an article entitled "Saving the Ivory-billed Woodpecker" by a woman who studies foxes, and another article by Luneau of the infamous video. To top it off, the ABA is selling Ivory-billed Woodpecker coffee! Anyone still a member of the ABA who is not a member of the OBC, NBC, ABC and OSME should reallocate the annual subscription.
and i saw this on Tom's site. Nice style whoever it is...
Photos of Mennill: 8
Photos of dead IBWO: 3
Photos of live IBWO: ZERO
So Mennill's website clearly documents his existence and in a range of habitats. But having a website where the investigator/study species photo ratio is 8:3 with the latter all being dead indicates either a sense of self importance by the investigator or the state of extinction in the study species.
Or both.
humminbird said:Exactly the close minded attitude that I would expect from certain on this forum AND the reason some outside the community take the position they do!
Russ Jones said:. imagine all the wasted hours spent on repeating the same old garbage time and time again....
Russ Jones said:One more thing, Jane would you please let Tim speak for himself... it appears as though you like him.... a whole bunch... perhaps a little too much but he's a grown man and I'm sure he can and will speak on his own behalf.
Cheers,
Russ
TRE329 said:good afternoon all.
I was just lurking around read the last few days posts and noticed that salar53 ratted me out, LOL.So I will go ahead and post notes,etc. related to my sighting on sunday.
Hi lewis,I was only 30 feet away when bird first appeared never used them.lewis20126 said:Hi
You don't mention whether you used binoculars for your sighting. Could you elaborate on your optics and perhaps tell us what type they are?
Thanks
TRE329 said:good afternoon all.
I was just lurking around read the last few days posts and noticed that salar53 ratted me out, LOL.So I will go ahead and post notes,etc. related to my sighting on sunday.