>So is this one of Tom Foote's contests? If so how about a clue.
>
> Jim Elder
> jime at eskimo.com
>
>On Tue, 19 Dec 1995, Dennis Paulson wrote:
>
>> Well, this morning I got a new bird for the state--not for my "state list,"
>> but for the state. Pretty exciting.

Nope, poor maligned Tom had nothing to do with it. I was curious about the
response, and 24 hours later, I'm intrigued by the fact that not one of the
people who I think are deeply concerned with the status of Washington's
bird list responded (others responded to me privately). Did you guys think
I was pulling your legs? And I even used the word "got" in its appropriate
sense.

Rick Droker and Carol Spaw brought back a COOK'S PETREL that they found on
the beach at Grayland on Friday, 15 December. They went out to see if
there would be a "wreck" anything like that at the beginning of the month.
Fortunately for the birds, the mortality seemed much less, but there were a
few interesting ones, including this bird, the first record for Washington
state (but just today I discovered that a couple were seen 75 mi. off the
coast a few years ago; they will eventually be reported by the observers).

Although gull-picked, the specimen is in good enough shape to be made into
a study skin; I'll bring it to a WOS meeting some time, or it can be
observed lying in state at the Slater Museum.

Dennis Paulson, Director phone: (206) 756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax: (206) 756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail: dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416