Excerpt from what Jim Lady wrote on Mon, 24 Jul 1995:

> I'm a bit embarrassed about the discussion my original post has caused. I
> hesitated post it, but I thought that (1) it might be of general interest
> to people and (2) I'm interested in becoming more experienced and the
> insight of more experienced people is always helpful. Should I have not
> made the original post since I'm not experienced? This is an honest
> question - not a rhetorical one.

I'm sorry that you feel embarassed, Jim, but please don't stop asking such
questions. These questions, and the comments and discussions resulting
from them, are interesting to at least one other novice birder--me.
Thanks for starting the thread.

---Lisa

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Lisa M. Smith, Univ of Washington, Seattle <subplot at u.washington.edu>