Michael Smith wrote:

>Many people who do bird in the summer could easily record their
>findings on atlas cards, but don't. Why? I don't know.

Is this data still being collected? Where do we get atlas cards, and
where do we send them?

>Let's face it, for most people birding is a hobby, and hobbies should
>be fun.

What could be more fun than beating the brush for breeding birds?
Besides, say, counting starlings on a rainy December morning?
Seriously, I think a lot of birders are like me; we'd like to help, we
just need a little more info. I'll even volunteer to go to Ocean
Shores in the summer...

Eric Kraig
Olympia
kraig at wln.com