From: Robert Gosford <bgosford@gmail.com>
Date: 2010-04-01 13:06
Subject: Birders - Terrorists or Criminals - or neither?
Dear all,
As indicated/threatened elsewhere earlier this week I've prepared
a blog post at my Crikey blog, The Northern Myth, based on the original post and
the responses to the unfortunate incident that a female birder in
Queensland, Australia had with one of the local coppers.
I've collected a few of the posts together and have thrown a few
comments and thoughts of my own in - hopefully we can continue and
broaden this discussion. I haven't identified any of the posters to
Birding-Aus by name.
Since I posted this last evening I've had a lot of funny - and
not-so-funny - responses, mainly from the US and Australia - so I
thought I'd throw it out a bit wider to see what sort of experiences
birders (and bird photographers) have had in other parts of the world.
You can read the blog post here: http://blogs.crikey.com.au/northern/2010/03/31/birdwatchers-terrorists-criminals/ - please take the time to register and share your experience -
whether funny, sad or otherwise - for us all to share.
Cheers and I look forward to hearing more of your adventures with the
officious, the nosy and the downright rude - and of course the good news
stories where you've been able to convert disbelievers!
Bob Gosford
Ethnoornithology
Research & Study Group
Alice Springs
Australia