tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054885544428581277.post8908288452832874383..comments2024-03-28T12:25:58.047+00:00Comments on Wanstead Birder: Life lists are a load of crapJonathan Lethbridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12791327377479687655noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054885544428581277.post-88520292470394781952011-10-18T23:23:49.058+01:002011-10-18T23:23:49.058+01:00Here here! Very well put indeed.Here here! Very well put indeed.Lee Dingainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13885711242063856917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054885544428581277.post-68158485367996727532011-10-18T22:09:37.061+01:002011-10-18T22:09:37.061+01:00yes yes quite agree but there is a trap here, whic...yes yes quite agree but there is a trap here, which is living other people's lives for them.<br /><br />Birding would be dull if everyone did it the same way and for the same reasons.DorsetDipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612884207485991011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054885544428581277.post-40612117789185885882011-10-18T19:10:04.204+01:002011-10-18T19:10:04.204+01:00I love your post today. I feel the same way about...I love your post today. I feel the same way about the "big list" people here in the U.S., too. Many of them couldn't find a bird in a brown paper bag. Many of them have tons of money and pay exorbitant amounts, in my mind, to go on bird trips led by some much poorer, much better birder than they will ever be. <br /><br />The rest have a lot of free time (and enough money for gas at least). A few, a very few, are actually good birders.<br /><br />So what good is a big list? Not very much. What does a big list say about the birder who has one? Not very much. <br /><br />That said, I do keep a list of my own, two actually--a county list and a "yard" list around my cabin. Attempting anything more than that when I don't have the money or the time for travel would be pretty ridiculous.<br /><br />So why do so many other people view the big list people with that mixture of envy and awe that you mention?carolynhhttp://roundtoprumings.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054885544428581277.post-66526492948995348092011-10-18T16:06:40.529+01:002011-10-18T16:06:40.529+01:00Excellent rant!
Most of all, a full list to me se...Excellent rant!<br /><br />Most of all, a full list to me seems linked to money: for gas, lodgings, and by implication only those with money have the time to go and tick. This is of course quintuply (not a word, Firefox is telling me, but I'll go with it) true for world life lists.<br /><br />Great description too of the things that make a truly skilled birder. All quiet things and, as you say, unquantifiable, can't be trumpeted on a website or put you at the top of any list.Laurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13440658754416289147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054885544428581277.post-16384849043820914542011-10-18T10:11:30.903+01:002011-10-18T10:11:30.903+01:00Yes, I am known for brevity.Yes, I am known for brevity.JLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054885544428581277.post-73628661382380094262011-10-17T23:54:53.627+01:002011-10-17T23:54:53.627+01:00Jonathan,
if politicians ever create a Department...Jonathan,<br /><br />if politicians ever create a Department of Prolixity you shall surely be a minister.<br /><br />Nils van Divingduck is simply a minimalist. <br /><br />(A birder called) Des.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7054885544428581277.post-10041176826834615912011-10-17T21:39:22.166+01:002011-10-17T21:39:22.166+01:00Excellent post!Excellent post!Factorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01164747997397980883noreply@blogger.com