> ...............I too have, from time-to-time, been a "victim" of
> mistaken identities. *Diplomatic* suggestions of mistaken IDs over
> Tweeters, or....private contact by e-mail is best. But........in all
> cases, most helpful hints and info. from fellow Tweeters or OBOLers has
> been to me* tremendous* learning experiences for me, and.........I
> wouldn't have it any other way. Thank you to all for all the corrective
> comments, and *don't* stop it ever!!!! My pride might be hurt, but my
> bird knowledge will be benefited.
> ..............Enough said on this topic by all, I think.

Well, the one additional thing, which has been mentioned but which I think is
of extreme importance, is that once a poster has realized that they've probably
mis-reported a species on Tweeters, they really owe it to Tweeters to correct
the record by posting a correction themselves (or a rebuttal to the doubters
if you still think you saw what you said you'd seen).

I consider myself to be a pretty advanced birder, especially concerning King
County. But I don't know my shorebird distributions well enough to have been
totally skeptical of the report, and it WOULD have been a bit of false data
stored away in my knowledge bank if Dennis hadn't questioned it.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland WA
== hummer at isomedia.com