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Subject: my Earth Survey questionnaire
From: Jeremy Taylor <jeremyjtaylor(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 11:39am
Hello everyone,
I have had several requests for copies of my
questionnaire after posting my intro to the list, so I
thought I would post the questions here in case anyone
wanted to answer them. Should you decide to do so,
please send me the answers off-list at
jeremyjtaylor(AT)yahoo.com I am hoping for as many
responses as I can get for this project, so the more
who want to answer it, the better!! Contact
information will never be shared- it is for my records
only, in case I need to follow-up at some point.
Also, should you wish to remain anonymous, I can do
that as well, but please still provide me the contact
information for my records. If you know of anyone
else who might be interested, please either forward my
message to them, or pass their details along to me so
that I can send them the questionnaire. As I said, I
am hoping for as many responses as possible, from as
wide an audience as possible! In the future, I hope
to publish something with the results, but for now
they are being posted to my blog. Apologies for
cross-posting, but as I mentioned, I am trying to
reach as wide an audience as possible! Below are a
copy of the questions.
Regards,
Jeremy
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Name:
Title/Organization:
Address:
Email address:
Today's Date:
1. What interaction with an animal and/or nature in
your life has had the biggest impact on you?
2. Did you have a favorite place in the great outdoors
during your childhood?
Now?
3. As a former zookeeper, I would love to know what
your favorite animal is, and why?
4. What do you think is the greatest environmental
challenge facing us now, and what do you think will be
the greatest challenge in the future?
5. If you could give everyone one piece of advice
regarding the environment and our natural resources,
what would it be?
-------------END OF SURVEY----------------
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"We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our
Children." ~Native American proverb
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Subject: Story on paper products, birds, & boreal
From: "Allison Wells" <awells(AT)nrcm.org>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 1:06pm
Greetings, Chatters-
Recently there was some discussion about the boreal forest and birds. I
thought you might like to see this story on the same issue.
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/health_science/weekly/20080407_GreenSpace
__On_a_roll__Dead_trees_go_down_the_toilet.html
Allison Wells
Senior Director, Public Affairs
Natural Resources Council of Maine
3 Wade Street
Augusta, ME 04330
(207) 622-3101 Ext. 280
www.nrcm.org
Protect the nature of Maine - become a member today!
Help protect the nature of Maine. Become a member today!
http://www.nrcm.org/giveagift.asp
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Subject: Tripod
From: Michael Barkwell <mbarkwel(AT)shaw.ca>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 1:31pm
I currently own a normal Manfrotto tripod (ie non-carbon fibre) together with a
Swarovski ATS80 HD scope and would like to purchase a lighter weight scope
together with a good head . I will be using this for shorter trips but my
primary interest is a tripod that would be the best for full days in the field
(my upcoming trip is to Papua New Guinea). I do not at the moment do any
digiscoping. Any recommendations would be welcome.
Thanks
Mike Barkwell
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Subject: Recording workshop
From: "Martyn Stewart" <mstew(AT)naturesound.org>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 1:35pm
Sorry for the cross posting:
We are going to be hosting the 3rd annual Nature Audio recording workshop
May 23rd through May 25th at the University of Washington, Center for Urban
Horticulture in Seattle. Please see
http://www.naturesound.org/Audio_Workshop.html
Anyone interested please contact me at mstew(AT)naturesound.org
We hope to cover more of the basics of nature recording including recording
bats and any other critters out there.
Martyn
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Martyn Stewart
Bird and Animal Sounds Digitally Recorded at:
http://www.naturesound.org
Redmond. Washington. USA
N47.65543 W121.98428
e-mail: mstew(AT)naturesound.org
Tel: 425-898-0462
Make every Garden a wildlife Habitat!
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Subject: Birds in the News 125 and other stuff (links)
From: Devorah Bennu <birdologist(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 1:57pm
hello everyone,
this week's edition of Birds in the News is now
available for you to enjoy;
http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/04/birds_in_the_news_125.php
and the most recent issue of the birdbooker report is
also available;
http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/04/birdbooker_report_8.php
and don't forget to look at the daily "image of the
day" which pops up at 3pm ET;
http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/04/eastern_wild_turkey.php
GrrlScientist
Devorah
http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/
Roosting high up a tree somewhere in Central Park, NYC
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Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Re:_Birders_in_the_world?=
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Tim_Boucher?= <tboucher(AT)GEOCITIES.COM>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 4:01pm
Herbert asked if anyone has seen all the birds in the world. If there is,
they aren't telling!
For a self-reported list of totals, see Surfbirds. Scroll to the bottom of
the homepage and you will see a list of year and life listers totals. The
highest number belongs to Tom Gulick with 8,702. Could there be someone with
a higher total who hasn't reported it? Sure, but considering that number
three is Phoebe Snetsinger, who prior to her death did essentially nothing
but travel the world to see birds, it is unlikely.
Ellen Paul
Chevy Chase, MD
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Subject: Re: Tripod
From: Jerry Blinn <support(AT)avisys.net>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 4:27pm
I have found the Gitzo Carbon 6X tripod line to be lighter than the
equivalent Manfrottos, and much tougher -- but at ~much~ more
expense. With their new leg locks, they are much easier to take down
and put up than the old Gitzos, and doing so is silent (as opposed to
the noisy clanking of Manfrottos). The Gitzos are also not as cold
in the winter as the metal Manfrottos. The Gitzo line is vast --
spend time on their web site.
All that expensive stuff aside, please don't get an insufficient
tripod in the interest of reducing weight (and/or cost). A
lightweight tripod can turn an expensive scope into a cheap toy. And
a tripod that comes apart in the middle of a $8,000 trip can be infuriating.
Unfortunately, in optics, "ya gets what ya pays for and are willin' ta carry."
Jerry
At 02:31 PM 4/7/2008, you wrote:
>I currently own a normal Manfrotto tripod (ie non-carbon fibre)
>together with a Swarovski ATS80 HD scope and would like to purchase
>a lighter weight scope together with a good head . I will be using
>this for shorter trips but my primary interest is a tripod that
>would be the best for full days in the field (my upcoming trip is to
>Papua New Guinea). I do not at the moment do any digiscoping. Any
>recommendations would be welcome.
>
>Thanks
> Mike Barkwell
>
>BirdChat Guidelines: http://www.ksu.edu/audubon/chatguidelines.html
>Archives: http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdchat.html
Jerry Blinn
Perceptive Systems
Placitas, NM
505-867-6255
jerry(AT)avisys.net
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Subject: Re: Birdchat: Bachman's Sparrow tips
From: Jim Turner <havivoca(AT)yahoo.com>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 7:27pm
I don't have any tips on where to go, but I have a strategy tip. When you hear
the bird, start walking straight toward it. It will keep flying away, but will
remain within its territory, and will recede less and less with each approach.
Eventually, it willl remain close enough to allow a diagnostic look. This is
the advice I was given to see them in the Appalachicola Forest west of
Tallahassee, and it worked perfeclty.
Karen Forcum <tkforcum(AT)CONSOLIDATED.NET> wrote: My husband and I have a 4-day
weekend to hunt for a Bachman's Sparrow. Plans are to go to Arkansas and into
Mississippi if we have to. Does anyone have any good places they have been to
see one? If so any advice on where to go would be appreciated. We are leaving
this Thursday morning.
Have a Birder Good Day
Karen Forcum
Mode, IL
Shelby County
tkforcum(AT)consolidated.net
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Jim Turner
Victoria, Texas
havivoca(AT)yahoo.com
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