MD Osprey:

I'd like to second and add to Les Eastman's excellent suggestion about
using columns for sighting reports ...

Please highlight (it's best to use all caps in plain-text, non-HTML
messages) rarities of special note. I know a number of us just scan most
messages very quickly ... this will help draw attention to significant
observations. For example ...

Birds seen:

Carolina Chickadees
Titmice
Downy Woodpeckers
White thrted Sparrows
Myrtle Warblers (1)
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER
Black thrted Green Warbler (female)

Thanks.

Phil


At 16:57 10/18/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>diane Ford wrote:
>
>>Beautiful Day! Lots of active birds in Rock Creek, being Carolina
>>Chickadees, Titmice, Downy Woodpeckers, White thrted Sparrows, Myrtle
>>Warblers (1) Black thrted Green Warbler (female) . Up by the Ken-Gar
>>Soccer field/Marsh there were abundant Song Sparrows, Gold finches,
>>and White throated Sparrows. Also saw 3 white tailed deer.
>>
>>Diane Ford Bethesda.

Les Eastman wrote:
>I would like to ask people to please include their sightings as a list
>like this:
>
>Beautiful Day! Lots of active birds in Rock Creek, being
>
>Carolina Chickadees
>Titmice
>Downy Woodpeckers
>White thrted Sparrows
>Myrtle Warblers (1)
>Black thrted Green Warbler (female)
>
>All you have to do is hit the Enter key instead of the comma and it is
>so much easier to scan through the list in this format than in paragraph
>form.

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