Subject: Re: Mystery bug (and BIRDS)
Date: Aug 20 16:11:21 1996
From: Dennis Paulson - dpaulson at mirrors.ups.edu


>> However, if a nest gets established in your yard, you may have to take
>> action.
>
> I've had nests most years..both baldfaced hornets and yellow
> jackets and nary a problem. I'm not sure I'd recommend destroying
> the nest unless a family member had a severe reaction to stings.
> Most folks agree that the wasps do more good than harm..
> like you said earlier..just stay out of their way..
>
> Tom

I agree they're best left alone. I was thinking of situations where the
underground nest is in a part of the yard in which you want to spend time,
and the yellowjackets sometimes just don't understand.

Any moment now, someone's going to get tired of this nonbird thread . . .

And what happened to the reporting of bird records on tweeters? Is no one
going birding? Is no one seeing anything worth reporting? I just got a
letter from someone who reported seeing a couple of Elegant Terns around
Indian and Marrowstone islands. Has anyone else seen any?

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