Dear Jon.

While you requested that replies would be sent to you privately instead of
"cluttering" tweeters, I feel so strongly about this I wish to ignore your
request.

The service you provide, abstracting the articles in these renowned and
respected ornithological magazines is very valuable to me. Please continue. I
wish I had the time to read all the articles myself. I often skim through the
table of contents, some of the abstratcts and even fewer complete articles.
Sometimes your comments make me reconsider and read something after all. As
far as I'm concerned, most of your comments have been right-on.

This is the kind of contribution that makes tweeters such a neat forum.

A heartfelt thank you,

Martin Muller, Seattle
martinmuller at msn.com