Please forgive a one-time announcement, not about a rarity but about a service that I hope will interest you.

If you have wished for a discussion list where you could ask and answer NJ birding questions, here is a new opportunity. I'm pleased to learn that Tyler Bell is willing to do the hard work of administering a list, NJ-Bird-Chat, that will offer general posting access and a wider interchange of information. Unlike NJBIRDS, Tyler's list has the support of good LISTSERV (tm) software with complete archiving and indexing services, administrative tools, and web access. I hope that, if you have wished for such a statewide discussion list, you will support this one and consider subscribing to it as well as to NJBIRDS. I know there is strong support (434 subscribers today) for NJBIRDS itself, and I will continue NJBIRDS for immediate rarity alerts. I trust that the two lists will provide useful and complementary services.

Please see the document below for full information about the NJ-Bird-Chat mailing list. Contact Tyler if you have questions at the address < NJ-Bird-Chat-Request@LIST.AUDUBON.ORG >

>NJBirders:
>
>For those of you in New Jersey or just interested in what's going on in NJ, 
>there is a new listserv available through the National Audubon Society.  
>Below is an info message that you can get by request from NAS which  
>details how to subscribe. If you know anyone in New Jersey who might  
>be interested in this listserv, please forward this message to them.  
>Hope to see you there soon! 
>
>==================================
>
>Here is the information you requested about NJ-Bird-Chat. 
>
>NJ-Bird-Chat is the e-mail discussion list for New Jersey birders and those  
>interested in New Jersey birds and their conservation.
>
>NJ-Bird-Chat is meant to compliment, not replace, NJBirds. a moderated  
>owner-post rare bird alert sponsored by the New Jersey Audubon Society.  
>To see a sampling of postings to NJBirds, go to the following URL:
>
>http://www.princeton.edu/~llarson/njb/njbirdstxt.html 
>
>The NJ-Bird-Chat list is sponsored by the Garden State Audubon Council.  
>By subscribing to NJ-Bird-Chat, you will be able to:
>
>* share information about bird sightings in New Jersey 
>
>* review recent bird sighting reports and rare bird 
>alerts from across the state
>
>* learn (and ask) about places to look for birds in 
>New Jersey
>
>* discuss and debate the occurrence, distribution, 
>identification, and ecology of New Jersey birds 
>
>
>To subscribe to NJ-Bird-Chat, send the following command to  
>LISTSERV@LIST.AUDUBON.ORG
>
>SUBSCRIBE NJ-Bird-Chat  
>
>Replace "" with your real name. 
>
>Thanks for your interest in NJ-Bird-Chat. For further information  
>about the Garden State Audubon Council, please contact us at the following:
>
>National Audubon Society
>Garden State Audubon Council
>Barbara Ross
>E-mail: albatross87@worldnet.att.net
>
>List Owner:
>J. Tyler Bell
>E-Mail: bell@acnatsci.org
>
>
>If you have any further questions about NJ-Bird-Chat, please  
>write to the list owner at:
>
>NJ-Bird-Chat-Request@LIST.AUDUBON.ORG
>
>Rev. 22 Sept 00, jtb
>
>Tyler Bell
>mailto:bell@acnatsci.org
>California, MD
>http://list.audubon.org/archives/nj-bird-chat.html