Hey, all. Thanks to Moderator Suddjian for guidance on how we might comport ourselves in this interesting dialog. I'd like to address this, from T. Luke George:
"Photos provide no actionable conservation information."
Here is a link to more than 1,000 scientific papers arising from the eBird/Macaulay database, many of which have major conservation components, and many of which rely critically on photographic evidence to support the results and analysis:
tinyurl.com/eBird-science
Here is a personal favorite of mine:
tinyurl.com/Pyle-Macaulay-hummers
The author, Peter Pyle, is perhaps the most legendary figure in contemporary bird-banding, but I also know from extensive correspondence with Peter that he considers the immense photographic Macaulay Library to be a game-changer and a quantum-leap in how we make sense of bird populations.
Van Remsen, one of the greatest ornithologists of all time, although a sometime eBird critic (😁), likewise considers the eBird/Macaulay photographic database, to the extent that it is properly curated, to be a major breakthrough in ornithological science.
There's more. I imagine every one of us has been touched or affected or otherwise inspired by powerful bird photography—and that leads inevitably to conservation awareness and conservation action. Maybe we, in the relatively rarefied air of the Colorado field ornithological community, don't really "need" any more bird photos to reinforce our passion for bird conservation. But think of all the kids watching nature documentaries, or smiling at Instagram reels of baby owls, or scrolling through the endless parade of magnificent images at Macaulay, or, yes, maybe getting just a bit close to, oh what the heck, a Wood Stork, to get the perfect five-star photo to share with their friends. We need massively more, not less, of that.
By the way, if you haven't seen the eBird/Macaulay database in a little while, check it out:
tinyurl.com/Macaulay-photos
Also astonishing are the tens of millions of bird photos in the iNaturalist database:
tinyurl.com/iNat-photos
Ted Floyd
Lafayette, Boulder Co.
P. s. I got kinda close to this guy a bit earlier this afternoon:
inaturalist.org/observations/311788704
😉
I also rescued him from a heavily used trail, with dogs and bicycles galore. But, before doing that, I showed him to a young human and her adult companion—and talked a little bit with them about reptile biology and conservation.
"Photos provide no actionable conservation information."
Here is a link to more than 1,000 scientific papers arising from the eBird/Macaulay database, many of which have major conservation components, and many of which rely critically on photographic evidence to support the results and analysis:
tinyurl.com/eBird-science
Here is a personal favorite of mine:
tinyurl.com/Pyle-Macaulay-hummers
The author, Peter Pyle, is perhaps the most legendary figure in contemporary bird-banding, but I also know from extensive correspondence with Peter that he considers the immense photographic Macaulay Library to be a game-changer and a quantum-leap in how we make sense of bird populations.
Van Remsen, one of the greatest ornithologists of all time, although a sometime eBird critic (😁), likewise considers the eBird/Macaulay photographic database, to the extent that it is properly curated, to be a major breakthrough in ornithological science.
There's more. I imagine every one of us has been touched or affected or otherwise inspired by powerful bird photography—and that leads inevitably to conservation awareness and conservation action. Maybe we, in the relatively rarefied air of the Colorado field ornithological community, don't really "need" any more bird photos to reinforce our passion for bird conservation. But think of all the kids watching nature documentaries, or smiling at Instagram reels of baby owls, or scrolling through the endless parade of magnificent images at Macaulay, or, yes, maybe getting just a bit close to, oh what the heck, a Wood Stork, to get the perfect five-star photo to share with their friends. We need massively more, not less, of that.
By the way, if you haven't seen the eBird/Macaulay database in a little while, check it out:
tinyurl.com/Macaulay-photos
Also astonishing are the tens of millions of bird photos in the iNaturalist database:
tinyurl.com/iNat-photos
Ted Floyd
Lafayette, Boulder Co.
P. s. I got kinda close to this guy a bit earlier this afternoon:
inaturalist.org/observations/311788704
😉
I also rescued him from a heavily used trail, with dogs and bicycles galore. But, before doing that, I showed him to a young human and her adult companion—and talked a little bit with them about reptile biology and conservation.
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