tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post2935900250756496153..comments2023-10-31T05:14:06.482-07:00Comments on Bourbon, Bastards, and Birds.: I Know Your Kind: A Short StorySeagull Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-47630964736817953722011-06-18T14:49:04.657-07:002011-06-18T14:49:04.657-07:00I'm late to finding this, but I also have to s...I'm late to finding this, but I also have to say WELL DONE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-42343757860469214032010-12-05T17:34:53.054-08:002010-12-05T17:34:53.054-08:00Man I have definitely wanted to stuff some sand in...Man I have definitely wanted to stuff some sand in someone's mouth before.. Well. Not really related to birding, just a fact. Awesome post.Jen Sanfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08932953314258705622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-42859955842360386582010-12-05T11:06:01.153-08:002010-12-05T11:06:01.153-08:00Thanks guys! Well it sounds like physical confront...Thanks guys! Well it sounds like physical confrontations may be lacking (except in Japan), but it seems that a birder's urge to attack people is just as strong as most peoples. Fascinating!Seagull Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-45879221845164370052010-12-04T19:32:18.120-08:002010-12-04T19:32:18.120-08:00Brilliant! While I haven't seen two birders ge...Brilliant! While I haven't seen two birders get into it quite like that I've seen situations that I hoped would escalate to that level. I very much identify with the Red-tail in your parable: "The hawk did not fully understand what had happened, but it firmly decided that it thoroughly enjoyed all of it." <br />-Mikenoflicksterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17404386000823552954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-78924639074869593942010-12-04T18:14:52.981-08:002010-12-04T18:14:52.981-08:00Dude, excellent story.
In Japan, as we all know, ...Dude, excellent story.<br /><br />In Japan, as we all know, birdwatchers are freakin old, and have expensive camera and lens. whenever they have an argument, it is always about where to take a picture. <br /><br />Now, my country is more physical than in America of old ages. Remember they survive WWII and still alive. They tend to go old-man fist fight. And, we younger people enjoy to watch that! Although their fight is like a slow motion, it is easy for me to stop it. Just slap thier old head to tell them fuck -off. Easy solution.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09423260267553086815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-68384471384083583412010-12-03T22:23:01.604-08:002010-12-03T22:23:01.604-08:00Is this an excerpt from a forthcoming novella? I ...Is this an excerpt from a forthcoming novella? I think you've got the material for a series on the trails and tribulations of twitchers. Brits vs Yanks, young vs old, male vs female, straight vs gay, married vs single, professional vs amateur, hard of seeing vs hard of hearing, etc. Go for it, mann.<br /><br />I've witnessed two kinds of birder disputes: professional ornithologists defending their personal theories of proximate and ultimate causes of migration, and the same arguing vehemently about the presence or absence of white outer tail coverts in a LBJ in SE Asia. The bird was seen for about .45 sec while flying into dense vegetation when the birders, in a slow moving train glimpsed it at the same time. They carried on in bitter dispute for the better part of an hour, and then refused to speak with each other the rest of the day.<br /><br />One time a British lady birder in her 70s shared a taxi to Bandipur Wildlife Sanctuary in S India -- she became so incensed at the blaring pop tunes that she almost attacked the driver. Under no circumstances would I disagree with her about a bird ID.Camera Trap Codgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11052159376463794204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-36230809020335637592010-12-03T19:43:52.704-08:002010-12-03T19:43:52.704-08:00well that was just marvelous. Well done. My favor...well that was just marvelous. Well done. My favorite line was this: Dave, being a longtime birder, had very poorly developed social skills. <br /><br />So true, right? yes. <br /><br />Funny, funnily? I about had issue with someone over the Mountain Plover last year at Clam Beach. I bit my tongue, but had visions of making his head meet my knee and shoving fistfulls of sand down that dick's gullet. What? lovely then!<br /><br />(ps..i have no idea what that purple flower from Canyonlands is...and this makes me frustrated)Johnny Nutcasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08429848435564779353noreply@blogger.com