Andrew Block is a major contributor to the NYS Bird list. The disrespect he was shown by Rick & Linda Kedenburg<[email protected]> was uncalled for.
Ruby Throated Hummingbirds may be here (this region) and breeding on a regular basis and as a normal occurrence, but it's also just as interesting to know that some people never see them, and never have them as "backyard birds". I appreciate Andrew Block's posts, and hope he continues to post whatever HE deems interesting or noteworthy regarding wild birds. For the folks who do NOT want to see posts such as his, the delete key works well. I delete posts from out of my general area with no difficulty. Nadine On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Brien Hindman <[email protected]>wrote: > I concur. Rick's email made me quite angry. I apologize for filling > everyone's inbox with a non-bird related email, but I thought it was > important to support John and the birding community by stating I > agree. > > > > On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 11:30 AM, John Askildsen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > this is an open letter to the nysbirds-l listowner, chris hymes, > > > > i too find mr kedenburg's response to andrew block to be rather caustic, > > harmful and completely inappropriate in tone and tenor for this list. i > > don't care what the circumstances are behind the note. if it is not of > > interest, one simply needs to depress the 'delete key' and move on, > keeping > > one's personal problems and personality off-list, thank you.i also do not > > like anyone speaking on my behalf. i will decide what i want to read > about > > and what not. i do not need anyone from "long island's north fork or > > vermont" deciding for me. nor do i care where their real estate holdings > > are. those sorts of comments in the way it was presented is pure snobbery > > and in keeping with the rest of the letter-bad taste. > > > > chris, as listowner, i ask you to firmly and clearly spell out for mssr > > kedenburg of "long islan'ds north fork and vermont", the list rules > > concerning allowable content-yes, we are allowed to write about > > ruby-throated hummingbirds, other common birds, breeding or not, common > or > > rare, in NYS. > > > > .in fact, i think he should be removed from the list completely for being > so > > obnoxious. there's simply no viable excuse for his conduct. i really have > > zero tolerance for his behavior and i would bet most of the 700 plus > members > > of this list do either. > > > > you may now depress the delete key. > > > > JPA > > > > John Askildsen > > Millbrook, New York > > > > On 06/11/11, Rick & Linda Kedenburg<[email protected]> wrote: > > We don't find this interesting or unusual. Linda & I have feeders here on > > the North Fork of LI and get breeding RT Hummingbirds every year that > nest > > nearby. We also get them at our feeders in Vermont. > > If you have seen a rarity I would be interested in seeing it in my INBOX. > > There are many breeding RT Hummingbirds throughout the State of NY and > New > > England. > > Thank you Andrew but let's maintain a brevity by limiting our reporting > to > > facts that are interesting to us all. > > Regards, Rick > > On Jun 10, 2011, at 7:10 PM, Andrew Block wrote: > > For the second time in three days I had a female Ruby-throated > Hummingbird > > join the male Baltimore Oriole and catbirds at the feeders. I was very > > surprised since they don't breed around where I live and they should've > been > > through by now. I guess it's just a late migrant north. Pretty neat. > > > > Andrew > > > > Andrew v. F. 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