[obol] Birding by Public Transportation

[Karan & Jim Fairchild]

Vern's query and two quick responses reminds me why Obol's such a good thing.

And it reminds me of having a German graduate student at OSU accompany our Corvallis Audubon birdathon team a few years back.  It 
was fun to have him call out divers and goosanders and spot 50 plus life birds in a day.  But more fun was that this was the first 
time he'd ever done a big-day event relying entirely on private transportation.  All of his many previous birding contests/events 
were done using ONLY public transportation--just hopping in a car seemed odd, and possibly even unsporting.

Maybe as we (the birding community) spread our enjoyment of birds, nature awareness, etc. we could also be thinking about what other 
ways to"go birding".  And maybe our statewide birding trails development can also reflect use of alternative means of 
transportation.

cheers,
Jim Fairchild