Subscribers to the Calbird listserver last year started to report all arriving California "firsts" and use the notation [FIRST] in the subject line of the message. For example: Subject: [FIRST] Cerulean Warbler, (date), (location) ... with the text of the message providing any additional details on where and when. What do you think of doing this for MD? [I say MD instead of MD/VA, because VA is so big and it wouldn't be clear how to define the reporting area, since there probably are few MD_Ospreyers on-line in the southern part of the state ...] Phil ================================================ Phil Davis home: PDavis@ix.netcom.com Davidsonville, Maryland USA work: PDavis@OAO.com Greenbelt, Maryland USA ================================================