Bird of the Week Special

[Pete Masterson]

There are some good points here ... however, I, for one, like the 'bird of the week' picture much the way it is. It's a chance to take a quick look at what another 'birder is doing. I wish there were room for a couple more lines of info -- but not too much. I don't need a life history.

If the BOTW would have a URL fora related set of photos orthe owner's travel blog (or whatever) -- that would be nice.

I like to see the reminder that the new BOTW is posted -- that's when I usually hit the link at the bottom of the email to see this week's entry.

Pete Masterson

'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42

El Sobrante CA

"aeonix1@mac.com"

On Apr 10, 2009, at 2:55 PM, Rick Davis wrote:

I agree with you Fred. And I evenfigure thatthe enjoyment of reading a brief bio of the owners, seeing additional pics, and all, that I would be satisfied with it being "Bird of the Month" for that matter. I am often wondering where some of the members live, have lived, worked, years owned the coach, other coaches owned, other interests, etc. And itmight keep Mike from having togig us for pics so often(I always feel guilty since I haven't made it happen yet.).

"Guilty" Rick, and Marilyn Davis

1993 side aisle-Freenezi

currently in Houston

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From:Fred Bellows <"nytexcel@yahoo.com">
To:"WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com"
Sent:Friday, April 10, 2009 1:09:49 PM
Subject:[WanderlodgeForum] Re: Bird of the Week Special

--- In"WanderlodgeForum%40yahoogroups.com", "mbulriss" <mbulriss@.. .> wrote:
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> I love this week's photo! ............ ....... >........... ......... .......read the attached email that Rose Mary >submitted as background on the picture. ..........

This is a really fun "Bird of the Week"!

We've often thought, and now will mention, seems like our fun feature could be way more interesting than it is, due to:

A> There's only one photo, and no way to enlarge it. Seems like there should be a set of at least 5 or 10 hi-res photos with captions)
B> There is precious little detail or explanation about the coach, its features, its history, its use, or its owners. All of these owners are mature, educated folks who can write up a little description of their hobby, or have a friend help them do so. After all, the whole idea is to put it in the "spotlight"!
C> There's no way to notice it without going to the home page of the forum, which, I don't know about you, but I never do. I just get an email each time anyone posts, at which time I read it right in my email. I almost never go to the actual forum site for anything, unless someone mentions "bird of the week" in a post, and then I go to see it (And always wish there was more to see). This could be easily solved by an auto email announcing the new week's post, with a link to click on.

Does anyone think this could be worth considering?

Fred & Wendy Bellows
90SP Queen Creek, AZ (basically Phx)
"Maunder Maximum"
http://picasaweb. google.com/ geefred/MaunderM aximum#