This is a CHAT forum if you don't want to chat then this may not be for you, if you are looking to sit back and be entertained then this is probably not for you. This forum is first and foremost for backyard birders who like hanging out in thier back yard birdwatching. Tell us about your local patch!, what you have in your part of the WORLD, how you love the local birds. If you want to talk about your Robin in London or your Cardinal in the USA or the local Emu's, this is the place. We have many very advanced birders on here, who will gladly answer your questions, on any bird in the world, or we will find the answer for you. We started after the CompuServe Earth Forum closed and we lost contact with all the members. This has become a new forum for us, and hopefully you will become our new birding friend, so we can connect around the globe. In the five or more years the Earth forum was in existence many good friendships were formed. We want new blood! and new friends from your home town. We are a friendly bunch, come along and tell us where you are from. Please don't join sit, and not contribute, and then leave at least say HI!!! when you join. Bill Elrick owner