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Date Posted: 20:17:17 01/21/02 Mon
Author: Brian M
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Subject: Re: Message Board
In reply to: Woodpecker 's message, "Re: Message Board" on 18:18:25 01/21/02 Mon

>Paul, being a beginner with TNA usually requires
>jumping through many hoops to proove that you are
>actually worthy of being a novice birder. You have to
>realize that you will be rubbing elbows with many high
>brow personalities, whom as I've seen it, you could
>really rub the wrong way. But as the old saying goes,
>"Time is natures way of keeping everything from
>happening at once" really comes into play when
>learning from such an educated circle of enthusiasts.
>You will certainly find many cordial people on the
>field trips, but you'll certainly be corrected and
>perhaps snubbed in the future by those with less than
>congenial social graces. Please do enjoy the wonders
>of nature as well as all of the fine insight that you
>will acquire from TNA. Eventually you will come into
>your own and you too shall offer your gracious birding
>knowledge to the enthusiastic neophyte.

As another relative beginner, I don't agree with this much at all. I'm not even a TNA member, but in a field trip I attended that Tom led a couple of years ago, he was informative and extremely friendly. When I email Greg privately, he's always helpful. Do your homework, read your field guides at home so that you don't shout out "Connecticut!" for every warbler you spot with a gray hood...and overall just practice good birding etiquette, and you'll be fine.

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