"Science is like a language. You have to have grammar and you have to have rules. It's universal language because anyone can do it, no matter what is his or her native tongue is. What we get from a lot of amateurs is 'I saw five butterflies down at the baseball park on Sunday at five o'clock.' If they went out there every year at the same time and watched what was going on and then publish the data, it would be valuable. If you compare a really carefully done experiment with some half-assed little anecdotal report and give them equal weight, that, to me, is not acceptable science."
Lincoln Brower in Four Wings and a Prayer Caught in the mystery of the Monarch Butterfly by Sue Halpern

Would like to hear thoughts from all the members who are serious (NOT expert) in Butterfly watching or for that matter any biodiversity element.

Regards,

Vijay

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Amazing Butterfly Photos of 2008 http://butterflyindia.blogspot.com/
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