The purpose of this list is to report the sighting of migrating and unusual birds in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties. Therefore, it is very important to include directions to your sightings and your name. Specific directions to the location of the bird(s) are very helpful to new members. In may be helpful to link to the locator tables when giving directions: <http://www.diabloaudubon.com/places/index.html>.

Check the MDAS website at <http://www.diabloaudubon.com/index.php> for links to other lists. General discussion about bird topics belongs on BirdChat or CalBirds. Off-topic threads will sometimes be either publicly or privately challenged as the list administrator feel's is necessary according to judgement. If you wish to respond to a message, please use your RE function only when responding to the original sender. Messages to the group should always be original. Specific no-no's include the following:

• NO Attachments
• NO Political advocacy or political statements
• NO Posting of Events
• NO Posting of birds out of area

You may upload your photos of birds but they are subject to approval by the moderator. It is preferable that you posts photos at other places (like Flicker) which preserves the quality of your photos and then include the link in your message.