Thought that title might have caught your attention. First of all, I apologize for having sent a personal message about Smith's longspurs intended for Paul Hurtado to the entire list instead. Second, I thought readers might be interested in a tale of derring-do by a North American ornithologist from the old days, when identification was an issue where nothing but a specimen would do. His name is recalled by anyone who's seen or sought a Bendire's thrasher. See http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/charles-bendire.htm . Bill Whan Columbus ______________________________________________________________________ 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]