Theresa Michelsen wrote:

> So I would be interested in knowing whether the group appreciates
> bird-related postings of a mainly scientific nature, along with the more
> observational postings of bird locations, trip lists, etc., which I also
> appreciate. My enjoyment of the list is linked to both - I really like the
> anecdotal, observational, and list-postings, but to me they would be
> incomplete without the discussions of bird behavior and science (not to
> mention *birder* behavior!).

"Publish and be damned"

> The only one that got a little off-track for
> me was when the limericks degenerated into C++ topics!!


No it wasn't. The participant/culprits were birders. Several GIS systems
which are used to record bird sightings have been written in C++. Barne
Stroustroup, the father of C++, used to go birding when he was a kid :-))) If
you believe that.....

Stuart MacKay