Sounds like selective viewing. It's a gift. Good Birding, Terri Welisek Sherwood, WI Calumet County -----Original Message----- From: wisbirdn-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wisbirdn-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of JOEY REICHHOFF Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 4:36 PM To: wisbirdn Subject: [wisb] Bothered in Fond du Lac Fellow Birders- Tell me how two people (Terry Leasa and I) can go out birding together on January 1st in Wisconsin and find a Black-Legged Kittiwake, Barrow's Goldeneye, and a Carolina Wren, and NOT see a single House Sparrow??? What the deal??? Joey Reichhoff Fond du Lac #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn. #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn.