On a somewhat recent business trip to Omaha, I noticed that many of the ubiquitous large green interstate highway signs had Kestrel boxes mounted on the back of the sign. The recent posts reminded me of this and I found a couple of interesting links with regard to implementation and success rates: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/kestrel/iowa.htm http://www.bbne.org/kestrel/kestrel.htm Perhaps an idea worth backing by the a statewide ornithological society of some type? I'll also vote for keeping the current thoughtfully written guidelines in place for the listserve. A message board on a website could serve the function of other topics much better I believe, especially one organized by or searchable by category. Recurring threads on hunting, photography, feeders, FAQs, etc. reduce the pleasure of reading the reports of interesting activity and observations throughout the state, which are dynamic, changing and typically brief. I have learned so much by simply absorbing the postings of birders around the state. The potentially recurring threads are often redundant of the many resources that are available either by book or online. Some of the book resources are already listed on the OOS website, which deserves a full exploration by listers. While I find listserve arguments sometimes stimulating and often humorous, they also seem to quickly degrade into flame/ego wars and/ or outbursts of hyperbole that can quickly grow tiresome. I have to admit that I probably would still read them (for their perspective on the quirkiness of internet communication if nothing else) but I would prefer they be confined to a message board if the resources to do so were available, and at the very least on a separate listserve. Recent attempts by some to welcome new listserve posters re: list rules with open arms were commendable in their desire to expand Ohio's birding community. But I suspect there may be listserve posters who tired of the overreactions that the rules were intended to prevent who would have liked to have been equally courted. If so, a warm welcome. Bill Zimmerman Cincinnati ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]