>>From Russell Rogers, Seattle WA, rrogers at halcyon.com
>
>As I was sitting here reading messages about birding demographics, an imm.
>Northern Goshawk flew past my window. The streaking on the under tail was
>clearly visible even without my binoculars (plus it was the size of an
>F-14). This is the second Goshawk that I have seen out of my window here
>in West Seattle since I have lived here. Oh, now an almost equally rare
>event is occurring, it is snowing. It's going to be one of those strange
>days, I can tell.
>
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>Russell Rogers
>4510 Glenn Way SW
>Seattle, WA 98116
>(206) 935-6280
>rrogers at halcyon.com
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E-mail is instant gratification, or should I say instant non-gratification.
There's neither goshawk nor snow outside my window in Tacoma. Now,
Russell, if you had captured them on your camcorder and plugged them in to
your computer so all of us could see them, that's what we need.

Dennis Paulson 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