Ok Paul, you go your way , I’ll go mine. —–Original Message—– From: birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au [mailto:birding-aus-bounces@lists.vicnet.net.au] On Behalf Of Paul Bartho Sent: Saturday, 23 November 2013 2:05 AM To: birding-aus@vicnet.net.au Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Pizzey & Knight Digital Edition review The Pizzey and Knight App is a brilliant App – my opinion. I cannot imagine the cost to put such a tool at a birder’s disposal. What I resent is people who make negative remarks about a tool without trying it out. You may not want to use it yourself but many will. It is your choice. However to imply online that birders do not need it, is shameful and disrespectful to the developers. To make remarks like ” Gadgets are mostly unnecessary and just lead to lazy thinking. All one needs are a scope, binoculars, and a field guide (book)” shows ignorance and lazy thinking. And talking of old ways: * it started as shoot and sketch, keep the skins * then came binoculars and out came pencil and paper to make notes (good birders continue with these tools) * then someone put together their notes in a book and we all wanted that as a reference for ID although it is heavy to lug around. * now someone has put together an App for your phone which replaces the need for a book, is lighter to carry around and not only gives you the ability to hear bird calls but to record what you saw, when and where precisely. You can see lists of birds by location and it also has photos and distribution maps amongst many other features. Basically it can do much more than a book in helping you to get the correct ID of a bird. I think that apologies are due for making such negative remarks. Paul Bartho Message: 12 From: “Tony Russell” <pratincole08@gmail.com> To: “‘David Adams'” <dpadams@gmail.com>, “‘Birding-Aus'” <birding-aus@vicnet.net.au> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Pizzey & Knight Digital Edition review Message-ID: <000101cee72f$31f7b6c0$95e72440$@com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” Well said David, you sort of agree with most of my own thoughts. I think that mostly the old ways of birding are still the best. Nothing like getting out there and learning from others. Gadgets are mostly unnecessary and just lead to lazy thinking. All one needs are a scope, binoculars , and a field guide (book). T. =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org =============================== =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================
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