In my last posting, I meant to write "if you ever get a chance to watch
*stilts* and avocets copulate.....

The postcopulatory display of a *swift*, I suppose, is to beat its wings as
fast as it can to keep from hitting the ground.

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