A little follow-up: I talked to an esteemed elderly bird watcher, who assured me that this whole article is "a lot of nonsense". Great Blue Herons have wintered in the Park for as long as anyone can remember, while Goldeneyes, also mentioned in the article, do not. Probably this is just Henry Stern blowing smoke for publicity purposes; conflating various regional reports, and it may be a trivial issue (to some), but it's clear that fact-checking, in this case, was zilch. This just confirms my usual impression of the Times, which is that whenever I read an article of theirs about a subject with which I am familiar, I find all sorts of inaccuracies. Kind of makes me wonder about the stuff I'm not so familiar with.
"Kind of makes me wonder about the stuff I'm not so familiar with..." Nice question.
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- alex 2-21-2001 11:28 pm
"Kind of makes me wonder about the stuff I'm not so familiar with..." Nice question.
- jimlouis 2-22-2001 4:09 am [add a comment]
The "big grey pack of lies" as some folks call it. My experience falls in line w/ alex's. But I pick up a hard copy every day but saturday and then make my links from their bookmarked site.
- bill 2-22-2001 6:30 pm [add a comment]