Lest we regard our little hobby as an important one, check out the 50+ responses on only ONE website from fellow Americans--apparently all male, all armed, and all a little resentful--after a discussion on a birding site--laws governing legal killing of crows in Maryland: https://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=51184 . Careful out there! --Bill Whan ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]