Red-spotted Admirals??

[Hank & Priscilla Brodkin]

"Grkovich, Alex" wrote:
> 
> I don't know why some are "pandering" so much to "birders" coming into
> "butterflying". What on earth is going on?
> 

Alex -
Again I would ask you to relax and take a deep breath.  Why should it
disturb you so much that NABA and its chapters seeks to interest birders
(and photographers, and gardeners, and school children, and just plain
folks - most perhaps without your education in this field) in the
fascinating world of butterflies?  Do you really feel that only
academics and "professionals" have a right to be interested in
lepidoptery?
Nobody minds that you are "in it only for the science". We respect that
and thank you for adding to our knowledge. But why should you mind so
very much what is just a way of communicating among those of us without
your scientific training?  It's a big world out there.  Many folks -
many points of view.  If you disagree, fine - but it would be nice if
you were not so quick to condemn.  It adds nothing to the discussion.
Guess what.  Many of us great unwashed are also getting interested in
odonata.  Will (gasp) beetles be next?  And what if we learn to key out
plants?
Peace!

-- 
	             Hank & Priscilla Brodkin
	          Carr Canyon, Cochise County, AZ
                   Send Mailto:hankb at theriver.com
             SouthEast Arizona Butterfly Association
          http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabasa/home.html
         "Butterflies of Arizona - a Photographic Guide" 
    by Bob Stewart, Priscilla and Hank Brodkin - due September 2001
         http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabasa/book.html

 
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