Greg: Don't retract your soapbox message. Jane and I ran into some rather offensive New York birders when we chased the sandpiper. It would be poetic justice for them to come to Maryland if/when we get something really smoking hot and give them the cold shoulder. Look at the reaction Bill Benner got when he announced his find on Thursday way back when. Since they didn't recognize him, the bird wasn't real. Jerks! -- Good Birding! The probability of a given Tyler Bell event occurring is inversely mailto:bell@say.acnatsci.org proportional to its desirability. California, MD http://www.audubon.org/chapter/md/smas/ GREGORY.B.MILLER@bge.com wrote: > > Howdy all! > > I would like to retract my soapbox message in the previous > post. I apologize if this offends anyone in any way. > > Besides, I'd like to reserve my personal right to make > blatant ID blunders, unconscionable miscalls, and egregious identification > errors in the field... > > -Greg Miller > Lusby, MD