I have read many, but not all of the posts and here are my abbreviated 
thoughts on this issue.

Reply:
I vote for reply to sender, not the list.

MD only posts:
I vote for MD only with reservations for rare birds in close by areas.  I 
agree with many of the other posters, mostly since MD is so small.  Now 
there should be limits to this as well.  Maybe Very Uncommon to Rare etc 
only can be listed for areas outside of MD.  This past winter I like seeing 
the posts about the Short-eared owls and I actually got my Life bird at 
Gettysburg after trying many years in MD.  Also, consider if the Lapwing was 
in PA and we were not allowed to mention it on our site.  How would the word 
gotting out to MD birders.  I again do not want to subscribe to lists for 
DC, PA, VA, DE and NJ.

Off-topic and other semi-related content:
I think maybe an email to Norm first to get permission from him to post it 
or send the post directly to Norm and have him decide it its worthy and then 
he can post it for the list.

My two cents.

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Adam Smith

Arubuts MD, Baltimore County