Re: Bird Science

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

OK, let's try again.   I can see I should have proofread.

+AD4- 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.
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 I myself am not really attached enough to the term +ACI-ornithology+ACI- to get
vehemently upset about +AFs-what happens to the term itself.+AF0-
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 The subject came up +AFs-the same way I've repeatedly
 seen it come up on the other bird lists +ADsAXQ- 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.
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+AD4- Yours,
+AD4- Dora Smith
+AD4- Austin, Texas
+AD4- villandra+AEA-austin.rr.com
+AD4- +AD4-
+AD4- +AD4- And herpetologists might as well stop calling themselves 
herpetologists.
+AD4- +AD4- Ornithology is hardly headed for extinction or +ACI-hobby 
status.+ACI-  As for
+AD4- what
+AD4- +AD4- the casual observer of ornithology thinks...if they're casual 
observers
+AD4- they
+AD4- +AD4- don't matter that much, yes?
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+AD4- +AD4- JGK
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