I must offer a big "thank you" to Edge for clarifying how I was looking at things. My comments were not critical or accusatory or preservationist. I certainly did not intend to "open a can of worms". I spoke simply from observation of how people are able to use information to abuse rather than educate. What I frightened me about a web page was the inclusion of native species on the page. It never occurred to me that I would be misunderstood or that things would become an argument about introduced species. I certainly never mentioned it, so I don't know who thought of it as something related to my comment. Seems to me that subject is a whole different cup of tea..... Mariel Stephenson, from an English garden Columbia, Boone County, MO [log in to unmask] __________________________________________________ ########################################################### * Audubon Society of Missouri's * * Wild Bird Discussion Forum * *---------------------------------------------------------* * To subscribe or unsubscribe, click here: * * https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 * *---------------------------------------------------------* * To access the list archives, click here: * * http://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html * * * * To access the Audubon Society of Missouri Web * * Site: http://mobirds.org * ###########################################################