Back about nine months ago, some of us in the vicinities of SE Tennessee, NW Georgia, NE Alabama and W North Carolina were getting a little tired of having to "click" in each others' email addresses to generally "talk" local birding and about what was showing up at feeders, etc. Some of the stuff just wasn't GABO-appropriate, especially the chatter and out-of-state topics.

What I came up with was a "SEFC-birding" email list through Yahoogroups. "SEFC" stands for SouthEastern Four Corners", which was the shortest way that I could figure out to express our common denominator - the junction of our four states in a relatively small area. It has been a lot of fun and a great place to discuss the sorts of daily sightings and migration trends observed. Plus, it's a "one-stop" place to get information on birding in the adjacent state since we often hop state lines to work & bird.

If you're interested in adding another bird list to your menu, just jump over to http://www.yahoogroups.com. Once you've registered, put "sefc-birding" into its search engine to sign up with us. It's certainly not meant to be a substitute for the official GABO list, but it is fun.

Happy New Year, Jim Greenway NW Ga.

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