Another Web site of interest is bobbyharrison.com, which describes Bobby's latest adventures and lists his upcoming appearances across the country.The site is here--to me, it seems a little light on detailed field notes and photographic documentation.
That site can also be accessed as "ivory-billedwoodpecker.com".
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Good on ol' Bobby for this. As Tom says, it's light on information but it is heavy on "Check Back Soon!" This no doubt wins approval from Cyberthrush who continually reminds us of ivory-bills tomorrow but never today. Yes! we have no ivory-bills today. How well this fits into the popular culture to which it belongs, just like the old Billy Jones song "Yes! We Have No Bananas", in which one hears, "When you ask him anything, he never answers no; he just yes's you to death and as he takes your dough, he tells you: yes! of course, we have no bananas, we have no bananas today." Bobby and others should be concerned about the banana though; it's an imperiled fruit. One is also reminded of Whimpy, the other pop culture icon who promises to pay later (but never does) for what you give him today. Sure, some may take offense at comparing Bobby to the hamburger guzzlin' Whimpy, but hey, it's all in good fun. Also notice Bobby's pose with the half-lifted binoculars turned to the camera. This is the sine qua non mark of a birder under corporate sponsorship. Do the links to actual details on the Ivory-billed Woodpecker research work? No. But the ones to selling "Signature Products" do -- t-shirts, books, and posters, thanks to Impact Photographics of El Dorado Hills, California (that's in the same area code as Folsom Prison, by the way).
This is such a classic American story...
That site is hilarious. I notice his useless bio and his "products pages" work. Of course! Wouldn't want to miss out on selling something while we still can.
Come on, Bobby, put some field notes and some detailed sighting notes up there? Better yet, how about a photo of the bird?
No? Ok, how about just one photo of you even being in the field recently? In full ghillie suit just for us. Please!
Come on Tom, he's got a coming soon message for the Ivory-billed search page. Should cut him a little slack on that.
Not catching "Ivroy-Billed" in the home page welcome text would be a valid criticism.
Nice site design though. Just needs to fill in some holes in the evidence and use a spell checker.
This reminds me of that Sienfeld quote, "and you want to be my latex salesman!"
And you want to be my Ivory-Billed Woodpecker rediscoverer. "I don't think so!"
Oh, boy! Cinclodes (a.k.a. Mike Collins) is on a tear at BirdForum. He made the statement:
As a group, birders are rather pathetic.
Sounds like a man spurned by a community that can not accept his brilliance. Take a look at his post here for the whole thing.
Cinclodes continues with his wonderful prognostications...
It's much better when there is only one person in the field. I will take a limited number of visitors in through Stennis (as I did last year), but it's better for searchers to spread out. If a bunch of people show up in the Pearl, it will be to the detriment of the birds. It will be a repeat of the Zeiss search, and nobody will see them.
So the more effort you make to find the bird, the less likely it is that you will actually find it? This is just TOO good!
Someday
Some way
Bobby
Will get a hobby
In one of those homes
For brittle bones
His rediscovery
Will be just history
The old glory
Just a fairy story
Then
Is when
His reflections
Will out the imperfections
Of his sightings
Of all that white-ings
He will suddenly realize
To his great surprise
That god’s creatures
All have features
That resemble
When you rightly assemble
The many parts
Into a fine art
To reveal that a Pileated
Is just an Ivory Bill pixelated
It's much better when there is only one person in the field. ... If a bunch of people show up in the Pearl ... It will be a repeat of the Zeiss search, and nobody will see them.
Reminds me of a Utah joke: if you go fishing with a Mormon, tell him to bring his brother. Otherwise he'll drink all the beer.
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