Maybe I'm not strong enough to be a birder. Maybe I should just quietly go about my observations and let the "unknowns" pile up in my files as I used to do. All I wanted to know was what this little yellow headed bird was that I saw while on vacation. I got some nice emails, sure, but I'm also getting some rather nasty ones. People pointing fingers at me, saying I am lying, that there is no way this bird was found where I saw him. One even accused me of photo-shopping it. Again, I am dismayed by some of the members on this list. I never said, "hey look... I found something that could go into the records!" I didn't even know what it was, for goodness sake. For all I knew, people were going to say, "pshaw...that's so common I can't believe you can't find it in your book." Honestly, I'd rather that was the response I got.

All I wanted was an ID.

Marian Murdoch
Belfair, Wa
marianmurdoch at yahoo.com