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From: sandra@pyrtech (Sandra Macika)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Birdwatchers vs. bird owners
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Date: 4 Aug 89 05:57:22 GMT
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In article <552@cfiprod.UUCP> susans@cfiprod.UUCP (Susan Scheide -CFI-) writes:
>	I was wondering when someone was going to point out that
>	discussing birds in rec.birds is frowned upon if
>	you've actually GOT the bird.  The name of this group
>	should have been rec.birdwatching, but it's not, and
>	the volume of birdwatcher postings is sooooo low
>	that I wish the birdwatchers would just accept the pet
>	bird postings.  It gets tiresome wading through the
>	kitty poop postings in rec.pets.
>

I had 47 articles! I read the new regularly, and don't consider this 
to be low volume.

Let's stick to the original charter of the group.

Sandra