[mou] Reason for posting birding questions

[Pastor Al Schirmacher]

Mike & MOU,

Reason for posting questions:  growth through knowledge & sharing, for 
others & myself.  Not particularly interested in the debate process, and 
certainly not in personal attacks.  My condolences to those who have been 
hurt or offended, it was not intended.

It's a classic learning & teaching approach, questions challenge us to think 
things through.  I learned a ton recently when an MOU member sent me his 
paper on the probable bobwhite extirpation in Minnesota.  Since bobwhites 
are countable in Wisconsin (with extreme care), I was unaware of their 
status in our state.

As a side note of potential interest, one of the questions led to magazine 
articles and a short-run publication a few years back (not by me).  The 
sharing (50 some participants) showed how a listserv can also be an 
e-community.

We all need to grow, whether as expert, "middlin" or novice birders - or as 
human beings.

Thanks.

Al Schirmacher
Princeton, MN
Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties