Howard Youth wrote:

> When discussing Americans' attitudes about foreign countries, I often 
> praise the British for considering the world their backyard. Sometimes 
> in the U.S., I think people get caught up in the backyard as their world. 

In the USA, however, we have the wonderful luxury of being able to 
travel and bird fairly far & cheaply without having to leave our borders 
or come up with the cash for a cross-ocean trip.  European countries are 
so much smaller, that they have to cross borders to get new birds. 

Georgia McDonald   Towson, Balt Co.