tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27635196.post1996441584342286973..comments2023-11-02T08:15:22.860+00:00Comments on George Bristow's Secret Freezer: Ivory-bill Strangeness.Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05618863147387955196noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27635196.post-40304691695385721472007-08-30T16:15:00.000+01:002007-08-30T16:15:00.000+01:00The photo of the 3 thingies in flight was the July...The photo of the 3 thingies in flight was the July/August photo quiz in Birding, usually a pretty good publication...why they chose to run the bird equivalent of a rorschach test I dunno. Usually there is something instructive about the quiz. This time not so much. They look a bit like night-herons or green herons to me, but they could be anything. They do mention the photo was taken from the Chocktaphahooweee so I guess they are suggesting they might be Ivory-billed Woodpeckers. Maybe. Or maybe it's a deeper epistemological point they are making. Or it's just stupidity.<BR/><BR/>After seeing all the photo and video evidence it's clear that photographic styles have changed. I'm gonna give it a try...set focus halfway to the bird, use camera motion for additional blur, position the subject far off center and behind trees...Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00899699250195298210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27635196.post-58258365690994023542007-08-30T15:14:00.000+01:002007-08-30T15:14:00.000+01:00The IBWO mania is just another in a long line of m...The IBWO mania is just another in a long line of manias in human history. Tulips in Holland in the 17th century, Communists in the 20th, the dot com bubble, multiple real estate and stock market bubbles, pet rocks, Cabbage Patch kids, Nintendo Wii, and on and on. Start with a seed (often valid) and drive it to it's illogical conclusion. It just seems to be part of human nature to become "irrationally exuberant".<BR/><BR/>In the case of the IBWO, the seed was an interesting sighting by Kullivan. Calmer, clearer heads recognized that the follow ups have shown nothing more of note. Those caught up in the mania buy into the theory that while a small pile of junk is just compelling, a huge pile of junk is proof. Sorry, but they're both just piles of junk.Luneau Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16652344509658500779noreply@blogger.com