> I mean no malice or disrespect when I say that a lot of the confusion
> regarding the exact total for the Big Year record for Florida could be
> easily dissipated if Lyn would just "step up to the plate" and tell us
> once and for all a) what species she saw in 1974 and the toal number of
> birds seen. I don't get it. What's the big deal anyway? We all know she
> has the record. Lyn, are you listening?

I can tell you this much - No, she isn't listening or playing the game
because she's out birding, I'm sure with the same tenacity and dedication
not to mention skill which allowed her to get the record in the first
place. How long has it been since we've read a post from her on this or any
other list?  She hasn't even READ one in weeks, so my guess is that any
answers forthcoming from Lyn will have to wait til a big birding lull (or
she can be found at Fort DeSoto or the Skyway piers.)

I mean no disrespect but the computer is far down the list of her
priorities when there's birding to be done or someone to be helped in
finding a species, which is what she's doing at the moment and will do as
long as the Heermann's Gull or the Seaside and Sharp-tailed sparrows are
out there to be shown, or an Elegant Tern is somewhere in the area.

Margie Wilkinson
St. Petersburg, FL
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