Thank you for this reminder. What the article didn't answer for me was whether it would be better to leave out a common species that I know I've encountered on the trip than to include it as an X. Especially on a busy migration day I'm sure many of us skip over many abundant species as we "look past" them to find the rarities. There are plenty of times that I simply am not interested in estimating how many Herring Gulls were around while I was checking out the ducks, for instance. I strive to provide complete lists with counts since I appreciate the value of the contribution. Still, there are those days... Ian Lynch Mentor, OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]