With Thanksgiving still fresh in my mind I am absolutely Thankful for the many 'Varsity Birders' and Ornithology professionals who grace this listserv and share their knowledge freely with all. The current discussion around Mergansers is just one example. Thanks to all of you (Ohio and Michigan contributors) who help us neophytes better understand the life stories of the birds we love. It makes our 'common residents and migrants' more special. In the future I will look differently at those large rafts of RBM's off Eastlake. Thanks again to all of you. (I will not mention names for fear of omitting a name - you all know who you are.) Matt Valencic (Birder neophytes) Chagrin Falls, OH ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. 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]