Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!gh0t+ From: gh0t+@andrew.cmu.edu (Gordon Hester) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: Birdwatchers vs. bird owners Message-ID: Date: 31 Jul 89 01:19:45 GMT Organization: School of Urban and Public Affairs, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 12 Like John Shipman, I don't really mind the postings from pet bird owners, although I agree that they are inconsistent with original purpose of this bboard. However, I would like to suggest that both birders and bird owners take care to use subject lines that make it easy to tell in which class their messages fall. That should, I would think, be sufficient to avoid any conflicy over net use. I'm inclined to think that I recall that birders' messages pick up significantly during migration seasons and are also somewhat more frequent in winter than in summer. I could be wrong about the latter. gordon hester