>This is another in my unending series of pleas to lighten up a little on
>falconocentrism, which seems to be particularly acute in this region. But
>don't despair, passerinophiles.

Awww, it ain't mutually exclusive, Dennis! I love passerines, though I
know raptor folk who think birds are classed into two orders: raptors
and raptor food (falconiformes and falconpreyiformes?).

Besides, how tough can raptors be? Some of 'em bully snails...

-Don Baccus-