>Hello everyone...
>
>A friend and I will be travelling Hwy 20 from Whulge to the Pend Oreille
>watershed this next week, and would appreciate any ideas for birding. our
>base during the majority of the week will be the Sullivan
>Lake/Salmo-Priest area -- we've both heard about great owling there, but
>don't have any details. Any hotspots on the road east?
>
>Tips on other points of interest are always welcome as well -- especially
>historical sites, quality kitsch Americana, whatever. You can reply to
>either my address below or Karen McMains (mcmains at henson.cc.wwu.edu).
>This week would be good -- we're leaving Monday.
>
>(After listening in for quite some time, we are expecting some major
>pearls of wisdom from Dennis Paulson...)
>
>Coll Thrush
>Western Washington University
>coll at henson.cc.wwu.edu
>
>(PS - No smug remarks on my name, please. It could have been worse -- my
>folks almost named me Robin...)

Coll, I usually figure there are so many people out there who know quite a
bit about birding localities--and I seem to get out birding seldom enough
so I don't have the late-breaking news--that I save my already-overextended
email time for commenting on everything *but* birding localities. If you
haven't heard from anyone else by Friday, let me know and I'd be glad to
come up with some suggestions. If you have Terry Wahl's and my bird-finding
guide, it's a better resource than I am!

Dennis Paulson

P.S. No smug remarks on your name--I don't care what you coll yourself. But
seriously, I met a birder in the Tacoma area a few years ago named Paula
Thrush--a relative?