tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916447777056971449.post4150546869455961442..comments2024-03-06T05:17:56.336-05:00Comments on Biking for Birds: Nov 9 (Day 313) - Making miles east, plan for Sprague's pipit in 2 days, what's NOT in the blogDorian Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12770246226295859548noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916447777056971449.post-54977048975013984722014-11-12T20:57:25.126-05:002014-11-12T20:57:25.126-05:00Anonymous at 2:02 PM Agree[s] with anonymous... um...Anonymous at 2:02 PM Agree[s] with anonymous... ummm, all 3 Anonymous? Sorry, couldn't resist.<br /><br />Anonymous at 4:46 AM (aka Chris) confused me. Forestry products are generally considered a renewable resource so... is it electronics and batteries (the e-book) that is anathema to a "green philosophy"? Everyone knows, I believe, that it takes energy to make bicycles and tires and such so I suppose you could say bicycling isn't all that green... but most people wouldn't. Again, maybe I'm just confused and didn't understand the question.<br /><br />Anyway, I'm all for all your musings Dorian. Yes you're biking, and yes you're birding, but you're also doing much more and I think that should be included. It's what you're experiencing and how that is directly impacting you. Why don't Americans embrace conservation? I don't know, makes no sense to me. Although I know that if you do practice conservation you are penalized - from energy and water use to disposal of garbage, you typically pay more for using less. Regardless, write it all up.<br /><br />I personally believe the birding community willfully ignores conservation or lack thereof. Whether it is a Big Day or Big Years and the resources expended on such efforts, or Life Listing and ferreting (I was going to say hounding) out rarities at great expense and few willing to go home empty-handed, I think the birds take a backseat and many are not willing to address or face the unsavory side of birding. (I guess I should add the unsavory side of America; I believe most Americans somehow equate consumerism and capitalism with freedom and democracy - it's like if you can't buy energy wasting light bulbs or waste as much water as humanly possible then you are Un-American... how did we ever get to that point?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916447777056971449.post-48919618280388971072014-11-10T14:02:05.797-05:002014-11-10T14:02:05.797-05:00Agree with anonymous. People will read your book ...Agree with anonymous. People will read your book (like this blog) if you keep it about biking for birds, which is the unique thing you're doing. Insert too much meta-rant, and it's going to be a widespread turn-off because people will either already agree with you or already disagree with you, you're certainly not going to change anybody's mind. I think you already understand this with the blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916447777056971449.post-10964543225526808372014-11-10T07:48:14.567-05:002014-11-10T07:48:14.567-05:00I too like the sound of the book, having so enjoye...I too like the sound of the book, having so enjoyed your blog entries these many months. But what makes those compelling is your quest, your effort, and your birding experiences, with the welcome coloring of your own temperament, emotions and interests along the way. The wider critique you seem to have in view of consumer culture and the carbon economy seems a much more familiar subject and far less likely to be distinctive in your treatment of it. (Likewise, there are very many citizens, and pundits too, who denounce the insanity of American campaign financing.) My hope is that you can write a book about your prodigious personal effort here, sometimes ably abetted by those nearest to you, and by further friends and acquaintance met along the way. That's distinctive. The social and political aspects matter. But how to go from private to public questions without just entering into familiar truths -- familiar at least to most of those who will read such a book -- will test your wisdom to the full. Sheer effort may not translate as valuably there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916447777056971449.post-53562697095877182742014-11-10T04:46:33.307-05:002014-11-10T04:46:33.307-05:00Hi Dorian. Just wondering if this book will be an ...Hi Dorian. Just wondering if this book will be an e-book or on paper, curious how that fits with the green philosophy talked about on this blog? Keep up the good work and enjoy the rest of the year - Chris.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916447777056971449.post-81806887589115815852014-11-10T01:50:27.477-05:002014-11-10T01:50:27.477-05:00Hey Dorian, along those lines, I'd like to see...Hey Dorian, along those lines, I'd like to see a film review of Idiocracy appear on this blog at some point. -DaveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3916447777056971449.post-48468444826505907042014-11-09T22:53:47.771-05:002014-11-09T22:53:47.771-05:00A book! Sounds fabulous! A book! Sounds fabulous! TT in MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17582375790274543818noreply@blogger.com