tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post5369017446245707895..comments2024-03-28T10:30:16.701+00:00Comments on Not Quite Scilly: The Rarity TreeGavin Haighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-76201788221271805422021-06-18T18:01:47.343+01:002021-06-18T18:01:47.343+01:00Thanks Neil, appreciate your kind words. Agreed, r...Thanks Neil, appreciate your kind words. Agreed, rarity worship can be a bit addictive. I am well aware that this is the birding culture that held sway when I first came to the hobby, and to me it all seemed quite innocent. But the subsequent 40-odd years have seen such a catastrophically awful environmental decline that we really ought to be thinking - or rather, acting - a bit differently these days.Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-52353295967003339042021-06-18T16:03:23.096+01:002021-06-18T16:03:23.096+01:00Excellent post this, Gav. Keep up the great work! ...Excellent post this, Gav. Keep up the great work! I take issue with some on here who say twitching is all about having time and money, as I would also suggest it is also about addiction. In that regard a twitcher will take any measure necessary to add a rarity to an all-important list to sate their craving. Neil Randonhttp://www.randonsramblings.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-69759059677829113432021-06-18T09:16:54.761+01:002021-06-18T09:16:54.761+01:00Veganism is the answer to world over population an...Veganism is the answer to world over population and food shortages all in one. We should eat the vegans, after all, they are corn fed.<br /><br />Enjoy the match.Dave Burrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08259482046178828401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-63976242512562159562021-06-17T11:22:24.396+01:002021-06-17T11:22:24.396+01:00Time, money and longevity!!Time, money and <i>longevity</i>!!Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-70277111262384104792021-06-17T11:18:53.697+01:002021-06-17T11:18:53.697+01:00Not at all Dave, your comment made me laugh! When ...Not at all Dave, your comment made me laugh! When I was 17 or 18 I quite fancied the idea of being a hippie. But never a pious one! 😄<br /><br />Re the vegan post... My wife has been vegetarian for many years, and 99.9% of the time I am too, but we only managed about 3 months of a let's-go-vegan experiment. The idea appeals though. Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-86868784016814280292021-06-17T09:53:26.036+01:002021-06-17T09:53:26.036+01:00Sorry if I came across a bit harsh Gav. My tongue ...Sorry if I came across a bit harsh Gav. My tongue was heading for my cheek but I was suffering from too much heat and exercise and the fingers just rattles away on the keyboard ;o)<br /><br />I do like your probing posts as they cause my own brain to stir for a while, can you do one a vegans?Dave Burrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08259482046178828401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-86558760153068016082021-06-16T23:39:52.797+01:002021-06-16T23:39:52.797+01:00Lets face it. Twitching success is mainly a functi...Lets face it. Twitching success is mainly a function of time and money. Easy to find alternative reasons to pour scorn on the activity when tied to a job and skint!Richttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714117508358025668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-29890671251372817732021-06-16T18:50:06.015+01:002021-06-16T18:50:06.015+01:00😄😄Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-45749815508401013022021-06-16T18:49:18.287+01:002021-06-16T18:49:18.287+01:00Ha ha! I am idly curious about the environmental i...Ha ha! I am idly curious about the environmental impact of electric car production, also wind turbines, solar panels, etc, etc, and don't really trust any of it.<br /><br />I sometimes wonder why I write posts like this one. It's not like I'm some eco-zealot, and to be honest I cannot see mankind fixing things any time soon, if ever. But I enjoy the mental exercise involved in writing them. Analysing my motives for pursuing birding, or fishing, or any hobby - including writing - and coming up with something other than 'selfish pleasure' is quite tricky. So if a post like this makes someone think, or provokes discussion, well, that'll do. 😊<br /><br />Though I do sometimes worry that I'm little more than stirrer...Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-46026397829568554252021-06-16T17:58:25.664+01:002021-06-16T17:58:25.664+01:00That just seems daft to me.... ;) That just seems daft to me.... ;) Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985665182124985194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-28431283371090760952021-06-16T17:30:54.702+01:002021-06-16T17:30:54.702+01:00Thanks Seth. I'll be surprised if there are ma...Thanks Seth. I'll be surprised if there are many comments though. I suspect the fixation with rarity is so deeply entrenched in birding culture that this post will just seem daft to many. Hopefully they'll be polite enough to keep that to themselves! 😄Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-2299522424109796602021-06-16T17:22:01.915+01:002021-06-16T17:22:01.915+01:00Quite likely Ric. 😄Quite likely Ric. 😄Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-82628125662110892752021-06-16T17:15:44.790+01:002021-06-16T17:15:44.790+01:00Are a few birders going to destroy the planet?
A...Are a few birders going to destroy the planet? <br /><br />Are birders to all buy electric cars that are made at great expense of natural resources and limit you to a stuttering journey that will likely see your target fly to pastures new?<br /><br />Are we all to fall i behind the verbal 'woke' brigade that see only a cause and not necessarily the logic?<br /><br />I'm all for saving the planet but if all that is left is a bunch of pious hippies - give me death. <br /><br />That's me taking a quiet backseat ;o)Dave Burrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09055465175098422464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-8731298102170567502021-06-16T16:15:21.685+01:002021-06-16T16:15:21.685+01:00Great post, and one that ought to prompt lots of y...Great post, and one that ought to prompt lots of your readers into leaving a comment. I suspect most folks will fall into two camps here; those that agree and will say so and those who think, "hmmm, I'll quietly take a backseat and say nothing". Be iteresting to see which way it goes. Gibsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699055561230102061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-13482998057247813982021-06-16T15:10:21.986+01:002021-06-16T15:10:21.986+01:00The Victorians would have just shot the bugger. En...The Victorians would have just shot the bugger. End of!Richttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714117508358025668noreply@blogger.com