tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31159349.post4951424755338825092..comments2024-03-29T09:22:58.976+00:00Comments on Stewchat...: Work? I don't think so...Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01985665182124985194noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31159349.post-65185782992932890682021-11-13T17:33:44.897+00:002021-11-13T17:33:44.897+00:00Thanks for the comment Amy. Some of these 'gra...Thanks for the comment Amy. Some of these 'grafting birders' are a bit pretentious....Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985665182124985194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31159349.post-28271943678664610112021-11-13T17:05:33.022+00:002021-11-13T17:05:33.022+00:00Good blog, and agree - don't really think any ...Good blog, and agree - don't really think any birding is "hard work" if one is comparing it with say, hard manual labour or difficult coding/research etc etc. You're setting yourself up for disappointment with crazy, unachievable targets! After a poor spring it felt unlikely that autumn would be good. It is sad seeing some apparent attitudes where almost everyday seems disappointing to them (or that's how the tweets read). AmyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31159349.post-48840506140756328062021-11-10T09:53:17.835+00:002021-11-10T09:53:17.835+00:00David and Gordon, cheers for the comments... David and Gordon, cheers for the comments... Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985665182124985194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31159349.post-8447958307349654392021-11-09T19:12:10.881+00:002021-11-09T19:12:10.881+00:00Stewart,
That is the best blog I have read this ye...Stewart,<br />That is the best blog I have read this year.<br />Well done!Gordon Hayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09179803983152547389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31159349.post-75105769156837671622021-11-09T19:09:18.827+00:002021-11-09T19:09:18.827+00:00Agree with everything above!
One of my favourite b...Agree with everything above!<br />One of my favourite books was - and is - 'Birdwatching in the 70s' Still a great read: as were his articles in 'Birdwatching'.David Bryanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13268653414603237548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31159349.post-21899234890773540382021-11-09T11:15:05.028+00:002021-11-09T11:15:05.028+00:00Seth and Gav - Cheers for the comments.
Seth, man...Seth and Gav - Cheers for the comments.<br /><br />Seth, many of today's birders are so fixated on 'rares' (God I hate that term) that everything else disappoints. The finding of such Holy Grail species is great but if thats all I hoped for it wouldn't be worth going out! I try to set myself realistic targets like a Black Redstart or Snow Bunting or Emperor Moth or whatever. Anything better just makes the day...<br /><br />Gav, These birders need a proper job of work instead of swanning around being ecologists or what ever ;) Give me the likes of DIMW any day...Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985665182124985194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31159349.post-32595327650663780302021-11-08T21:44:35.448+00:002021-11-08T21:44:35.448+00:00Yes Stew, that article left me with a similar feel...Yes Stew, that article left me with a similar feeling, but you've expressed it better than I could. I found it a bit depressing really.<br /><br />Contrast that with the DIMW's writing. Full of sheer joy, and so inspirational. Just makes you want to get out there. You've picked a couple of cracking examples. Thanks for sharing them.Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31159349.post-70894152579596849322021-11-08T21:27:31.091+00:002021-11-08T21:27:31.091+00:00Oh, that's a shame about DIMW. I know most of ...Oh, that's a shame about DIMW. I know most of the younger generation(s!) of birders will probably perceive him as a stringy ol' dinosaur in a funny hat, but I owned one of his books when I was a teen "Discover Birds With..." or "Birdwatching With..." or somesuch, and at the time it was truly inspirational! All I really recall of the book now was a section about tracking flightlines, which I did with the evening flights of gulls over my South London garden (birding by bus!) and with the roosting Magpies on my local patch (some came in from over three miles away). Plus a drawing of two birders "discovering a rare warbler just before sunset". Whether he was a bonkers has-been or whether he was the grand daddy of it all, he was an inspiration for many, chose his own path to walk and will be missed. RIP DIMW. Gibsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699055561230102061noreply@blogger.com