Subject: Re: Swinhoe's Storm-petrels in the North Atlantic. (fwd)
Date: Jul 20 14:16:25 1995
From: Stuart MacKay - stuart.mackay at mccaw.com


Alvaro Jaramillo wrote:

> Actually, its not weird at all. Manx commonly winters in southern Argentina
> and there have been records on the Chilean side of the Straits of Magellan.

Ok, I confess. No disrespect to anyone but I kind of suspected the following:

"Wouldn't it be cool to see a manx shearwater on the Pacific coast ?"
"Oh look, there's goes one now !!!!"

Rare birds on demand are not that uncommon.

Sometimes if you look hard enough you will find. Sometimes of you look too
hard you will also find. There is a difference ;-)

I have pleny of examples form UK birders to back this one up !!!!

Stuart
---
#import "StandardDisclaimer.h";

Stuart MacKay McCaw Cellular Communications
Consultant Developer Oakhurst Building
Axys V3 14335 NE 24th St.
ph. (206) 702-5151 Bellevue, WA
fax (206) 702-5451 98007

stuart.mackay at mccaw.com
__________________________________________________________