HFCheung

The HKBWS Bulletin need your support.  If you like to record your bird-watching stories, you should consider sending them to be published on the HKBWS bulletin.  In the past, we have many exciting trip reports and outing stories.  However, anything related to bird or our society can be accepted for publication.  Like to try?  Beautiful photos are also welcome.  We constantly need excellent photos for the cover and also the inside colour pages.

Please send your contribution to the HKBWS office or to the bulletin editor directly.  Thank you.

HF Cheung

mchristine

May I know what is the deadline for submission of article for the upcoming issue?

sdavid

Whilst I haven't got any articles to submit (sorry!) I would be quite happy to receive an electronic copy of the Bulletin (pdf?) to reduce both the postage and printing costs (albeit by a small amount). Also I don't have space to keep back issues so unfortunately these old copies need to go in the recycling, an electronic copy for me would be more environmentally friendly.

I wonder if an electeronic option is something HKBWS would consider?  I understand that paper copies are still wanted by others for various reasons, which is fine, I'm just suggesting that both options are available for members.

isaac_chan

I also support for the idea to have soft copy instead of hard copy.

HKBWS WY

謹代表編輯委員會多謝各位的寶貴意見!

1. 正如主席所說，編委會非歡迎各位的來稿，未來一年的會員通訊截稿日期如下：

○ 第211期 (2009年春季號)－2009年1月15日
○ 第212期 (2009年夏季號)－2009年4月15日
○ 第213期 (2009年秋季號)－2009年7月15日
○ 第214期 (2009年冬季號)－2009年10月15日

來稿可以電郵至以下地址: bulle tin@hk bws.org.hk (請刪除中間空位)　或
郵寄至本會會址：香港九龍彌敦道480號鴻寶商業大廈14樓

(編委會保留是否採用來稿的一切權利)

2. 有關將會員通訊電子化以節省紙張及郵寄的建議，委員會將會盡快公佈有關細節，讓會員可以選擇。

香港觀鳥會會員通訊編輯委員會謹啟



On behalf of the Editorial Board, we would like to express our gratitude to your suggestions!

1. Your article to the bulletin is most welcome, deadline for the coming issues are as follows:

No. 211 Spring 2009 Issue - Jan 15, 2009
No. 212 Summer 2009 Issue - April 15, 2009
No. 213 Autumn 2009 Issue - July 15, 2009
No. 214 Winter 2009 Issue - Oct 15, 2009

Please send your article to the following e-mail address: bulle tin@hk bws.org.hk (please delete the space when sending your email) or
send a hard copy to our office: 14/F., Ruby Commercial Building, 480 Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong

(The Editorial Board reserves the right of accepting or rejecting all submitting articles)

2. For the turning of our Bulletin into an electronic file as one of the options to members, the Editorial Board also supports this idea and will announce the arrangement later.

Yours sincerely
Editorial Board of HKBWS Bulletin

cgeoff

I've just received the latest bulletin for summer 2008, and was somewhat surprised to see on the back cover a photo of a flamingo chick with its parents.

I believe that the HKBWS should be concerned with the enjoyment and conservation of wild birds and their habitats. However cute the picture is, and however much it may tug at one's heartstrings, I believe it is somewhat out of place in a bulletin of the Society, or even on its website.

What do others think?

Geoff

yyattung

I prefer society publications should focus ONLY on birds in the wild.

kkitty

Quote:

Original posted by yyattung at 17/11/2008 16:31
I prefer society publications should focus ONLY on birds in the wild.

The picture is nice.  But agree with ah tung's point of view.

[ Last edited by kkitty at 17/11/2008 19:20 ]

深藍-Owen

Geoff, same feeling comes up in my mind when i got the bulletin on hand tonight.

support to focus on wild birds only.  an interesting thing to share, many Taiwan Bird society named "Wild Bird Soceity" instead of just "bird watching", i think they consider prevent to bring the wrong signal to public between wild bird and captive bird watching.  although we can't change the name of HKBWS.  But recommend to promote more on enjoyment of free wild bird watching to public instead of captive bird, it is because bird trade (zoo is part of it) bring so much harm to the birds and wildlife.

lpaul

I agree - it was bad enough to see such pictures on the forum (some under Conservation which I thought was rather inappropriate).  However, by putting such pictures on the bulletin effectively endorses the keeping of such birds in captivity; is this really appropriate for the Society?

HFCheung

Thank you for expressing concern on the publication of the Flamingo photo.  I think we do not need to take the publication of that photo very seriously.  To say that the society endorse keeping captive bird is a bit too far, I think.  We can look at that photo from a lot of different angles.

Going to Kowloon Park to see Flamingo is like going to the zoo.  In the present case, a member would like to share with us the lighter sides of life in the zoo.  There is no intention of endorsing keeping captive bird.  The editor also under-estimate the reaction of some readers.  If similar feelings have been expressed on the discussion forum when the photo first come out, the editor might have been more alert on the issue.

That is a photo well captured by the photographer.  I like it.  I hope I will not be charged with supporting keeping captive birds.

HF Cheung

cgeoff

The reason I didn't say anything when the pictures first appeared on the website is that I didn't want to appear a grumpy old man! I assumed it probably wouldn't come up again. However, when it came up the second time, I felt it was time to say something.

Zoos, bird parks, bird markets, the wild bird trade. They are all related. The keeping or trading of wild-caught birds in any form is something the Society should be actively fighting against.

Geoff