[EBB Sightings] foraging behavior/the art show ad

Hi everyone.
to start with the birds- we had great fun watching
several different species going after a termite/ant
emergence in our neighbor's yard.  The phoebe was (not
surprisingly) most adept, and could make short forays
from the fence.  a few yellow rumps also fly-caught,
but mostly did so by flying from the fence to the
power lines and back, or from the fence to the small
oak tree in the yard.  A lot of zonotrichia sparrows
were mostly getting the bugs off the ground,
occasionally popping up to the fence to wipe their
bills.

We continue to have multiple (at least 3) fox
sparrows.  A few purple finches when the squirrels
yield the sunflower seed feeder...  No siskens yet
this year.  Last year we were swamped!

At the risk of adding more spam re: the art show... 
my two cents:

Is there an official policy from the list-owners
regarding acceptable/non-acceptable messages?

At the least, a poster should have the courtesy to
introduce their message, with a "Hi folks- I want to
announce this art show which may be of interest to you
because of X"  Instead it was just a flyer for what
appeared to be a for-profit art show not dealing with
birds at all.  I think its great this list talks about
things other than simply sightings of unusual birds,
but please make sure you explain why your post is
relevant if it does not discuss bird sightings.  If
you have trouble explaining, then it probably isn't
fit for the list.  I would imagine there are other
email groups that deal with local natural history
issues or even specifically nature art, so this is not
the only outlet for this.

Also, I would recommend placing advertisements in your
signature rather than in the body of the message.  You
can pretty easily make a "Check out my upcoming nature
art show HERE" link, so interested people can look you
up without having to download a big unsolicited
advertisement over their slow dial-up modems.

Although I am guilty of this too, I think complaints
about a message should be sent directly to the list
owner.  a dozen "this was spam" emails make more of a
problem than the original message!  I assume there is
actually someone in charge of this list, and its their
job to decide what belongs and what doesn't.

Good birding

Alan