Bruce, I asked because someone posted about "getting back to what this list was for - sightings". I realize its hard to open things up and yet maintain some relation to birds. I myself am more concerned with helping wild birds via helping their environment via habitat and personal life style choices etc. and understand that could quickly get out of control. I don't have too many suggestions on how to maintain a broader list other than moderator attention, which sort of sucks for you:) As topics come up and then start to stray, the moderator has to intervene. And you've done a wonderful job! I have no complaints at all. This recent spate is me just pushing back against the above post to make sure the list doesn't creep over to only sightings, which frankly I think its pretty close to. Recommendations for places to bird is the other tolerated topic that comes to mind. People would need to realize that a any list that is not only for listing sightings will have some posts they might not care for (say controlling a non native bird via culling). Subject titles would be very important. Marie On August 19, 2016, at 15:26, Bruce Bowman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Yes, Suzann. Correct. Fired and Marie, I am puzzled how you can possibly need to ask what t nohis list is for. You have both been subscribed for 10-15 years or longer and... More on this later. Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]