I wasn't terribly impressed by the book as I didn't find it provided deep
insight into the birds or the birders.

I am heartened to hear there is a quest for accuracy on the birds, but it
would be nicer to know about a quest for accuracy about birders and birding.


On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Joe Faulkner <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Bill Whan wrote "It could be accurate and just as funny".  Of course it
> could.  Just think of Bill Whan.
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Bill Whan <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > There's conversation going on about this movie on the Maryland list.
> >  http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/MDOS.html   Suffice it to
> > say Dustin Hoffman has opted out, and Steve Martin has stepped in: see
> > http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=10068295 . The major
> > concerns of birders appear to be that the movie, not so surprisingly
> > billed as a comedy, might make too much of the nerdy image of birders,
> > and also make the usual Hollywood sacrifices of verisimilitude (film of
> > soaring bald eagle with sound track of red-tailed hawk, misidentified
> > species, etc.). I am told that the director of the film has indicated he
> > is interested in ornithological accuracy, and that Greg Miller was asked
> > if he might be interested in supplying it. We'll see if this comes to
> > pass. It could be accurate and just as funny, seems to me.
> > Bill Whan
> > Columbus
> >
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