A DEBATE WITH SELF The second half of January started off with a bang. We had a nice sunny day so I headed off to Boundary Bay to see if I could locate the Red Knot, Willet, and Pacific Golden Plover that had been reported here. I walked up onto the dyke and into a group of 8 or so birders, all with their scopes pointed at the mudflats. Almost immediately, one mentioned that she had the Red Knot in her scope, “ just down and to the right of that log”, and another said he had the Plover “ on the right side of that clump of seaweed with all the Black Bellied Plovers”. So within a minute or so I had good looks at both these birds. This got me to thinking, Is this really fair to get these birds so easily ? How hard did I really work to get these birds? I simply walked up and had the birds basically handed to me. On the other hand, isn’t this a great example of people willingly sharing their time and expertise? Since no matter what we do or accomplis...