[IRCA] DXing and birding (was Re: DXers of long past)

["Mike Brooker" <aum108@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

.. there's a
> correlation between birdwatching and DXing, believe it or not ... both
> hobbyists keep lists that require date, time and place and are subject to
> verification by other birders. I dabbled in birding for a while ... took a
> lot of telephoto shots of backyard birds, got involved with two Southern
> Illinois Audobon Societies (one affiliated with the state, another with
> national ...

CIDX publisher Sheldon Harvey is also a birdwatcher, and is active in the
Quebec Audobon society.

But do the birds have some kind of slop-mongering garbage that promises to
be the next best thing ("CD-quality" bird songs), being pushed by certain
suits in the avian industry, but going over like the proverbial atomic
number 82 balloon with the general public?


73

Mike Brooker
Toronto, ON
(God keep our land glorious and IBOC-free)
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