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Re: Christmas Bird Counts



I agree.  Let's look at the big picture.  Besides being lots of fun, there's
always the hope of spotting a bird that's never been spotted in your count
area.  I think of doing the Christmas counts as my Christmas presents to the
birds.

Ann Shahid
Charleston, SC

----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlotte Goedsche" <goedsche@mindspring.com>
To: "carolinabirds" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 1:50 PM
Subject: Christmas Bird Counts


> Christmas Bird Counts are a heck of a lot of fun, and the data are used by
> ornithologists to learn more about bird distribution and trends. The data
> are especially valuable, since some counts go back 100 years. No group of
> scientists, no matter how well funded, could possibly collect the mass of
> data that we amateurs (plus a few professionals) collect across the United
> States and beyond each year during the Christmas Bird Counts. In this age
of
> human-induced extinctions, global pollution and global warming, the
findings
> of scientists studying the CBC data are more importnat than ever.
>
>  Sitting out the CBC because of you're miffed is like cutting off your
nose
> to spite your face. Let's rise above this controversy and get out in the
> field again this year for the Christmas Bird Count(s), and take a friend
> along. It's for the birds and, in the long run, for us, as well.
>
> Charlotte Goedsche
> Weaverville NC
> goedsche@mindspring.com
>