First, Andrew, thank you for your post. Secondly, this topic has been raised many times before. Many subscribers enjoy posting relatively casual observations to the list and many of these observations have resulted in interesting dialog that has been informative to others. It seems that it is indicated that perhaps two lists are appropriate. One to which casual observations could be posted and another where the "elite" birders can obtain only information which is of interest to them. Of course I'm sure they would never result to checking the other list, nor subscribe to it. I am also certain they would never show up to see any of the wonderful rarities that would result from that site. I for one would subscribe to that site and not the "elite" site. I think people really need to learn how to hit the delete key and chime in on topics that are of interest to them rather than waste there own time criticizing others. John Haas
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