I was already a member of Yahoo groups, so sign-up was easy. Thanks to George Chaniot for the work it took to set this up. I always felt a little constrained on the other boards; they seemed more like official archives. Shall we use this as a general birding info venue or do we want to restrict it to somewhat rare sightings? One board I visit (Ford N Series Tractors) gets as many as 25 messages a day; this is too many to take on an e-mail basis, so I just visit the site and read what seems interesting (an option you can choose). I guess I kind of made my vote, since I didn't mention any birds. Thanks again. Jim Armstrong