Hey, It's April and people are out, seeing birds and all of nature's spring unfolding... and reporting the good times afield and not in surly, suppressed February mode. So I'm Really not trying to pour gasoline on extinguishing embers to revive a I Love Ebird/ I Hate Ebird exchange. Save that for next February, it's always so...... But this is a link to an article I read in the good ol' hard copy of the NYT Science section. It's some encouraging news about a project for shorebirds. Have a look. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/15/science/paying-farmers-to-welcome-birds.html?_r=0 good birding, Tom