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Re: Birding terminology



True. Another part of the story was the growth and influence of the American
Birding Association in the 80's.
They promoted the term "birder" as a better alternative
to "birdwatcher". I believe the 80's was the period where the shift took
place.

Steve Compton
Summerville,SC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Lewis" <tlewis@buncombe.main.nc.us>
To: "Carolina Birds" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: Birding terminology


> Kenn Kaufman describes his reasons for using the term in Kingbird
> Highway.  We needed a verb to better describe what we do.  "Watching"
> sounds like a passive process and few of us are passive in this
> endeavor.
>
> Tim Lewis
> Weaverville, NC
> tlewis@buncombe.main.nc.us
>
>
> > I started out as a birdwatcher forty-odd years ago.  Somewhere along
> the way
> > I was graduated to being a "birder" doing "birding" instead of
> > "birdwatching."  Does anyone remember just when this mass
> matriculation took
> > place?  Or how?  Or why?
> >
> > Cheers!
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> > > From: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
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> > > Subject: Re: swoops of martins
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> > >
> > >
> > >    My personal favorite is the charm of finches. Also
> > > interesting is, a flock is only a "flock" when the birds are
> > > on the ground. When they're on the wing, they're a "flight."
> > > Who knew birding could be so particular and refined!
> > >
> > >    Randy Scheiner
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