Norm wrote: "What is amusing is the likelihood that many of these scientists willing to sacrifice birds or other living organisms in the pursuit of their academic credentials are also in many cases those who frown on hunting (oops, let's be politically correct, okay?  I think the euphemism now is 'harvesting.')."
 
 I wonder where he came up with that?  Perhaps from the same line of thinking that gave us "pro-choice" versus "pro-life" (as if someone that is "pro-choice is "anti-life")?
 
 What is really amusing are the things some non-scientists say.  For example, I had more than one person (yes, they are members of MDOsprey) tell me that a "bird expert" refuting a novice birder's sightings as being "incorrect" is akin to the process of publishing one's research in a "peer-reviewed journal".  Obviously, these are not people that are familiar with the peer review publication process and research.
 
 Richard
  
Richard L. Wood, Ph. D.
Computational Chemist
Cockeysville, MD 21030