Maybe I should clarify, my point was not against posting a message like this on B-A. Beneficial to do so, on the chance it will have a good result (like this time). My point was about taking away an object without leaving a sign or taking it to the police (as Denise suggested), on the possibility that someone may recently have forgotten it and will come back to search. Only the finder is in a position to judge if it looks likely to have been there only a short time. Then again leaving something to rust in the bush, is no help either. Maybe my estimate of the assumption of the owner being a birder and on this list was not optimistic enough. Philip =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================