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From: jackson@utzoo.UUCP (Don Jackson)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: What is rec.birds? 
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Date: Fri, 4-Dec-87 13:39:42 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  4 13:39:42 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 4-Dec-87 13:39:42 EST
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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The following message was the original posting about the creation of
net.rec.birds (now called rec.birds). I believe that the purpose and
the content of the newsgroup were stated explicitly.
The newsgroup was directed at birds and general ecology *out-of-doors*.
Captive animals (whether pets or "domestic parrots") were not included
within the scope of this newsgroup but are included in rec.pets.


>Autzoo.1555
>net.general,net.news.group
>Wed Apr 14 08:41:19 1982
>Birding newsgroup
>Announcing net.rec.birds for all you bird watchers/naturalists out there.
>Please note this group is NOT exclusively for birders: nature photography,
>botany, natural history, etc., are all welcome.
^>
>	Happy Birding!
>	Andy Rubaszek - Zoology, U of T


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Name:   Don Jackson
Mail:   Dept. Zoology, Univ. Toronto
        Toronto, Ontario, Canada    M5S 1A1
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