97-12-22, Tom Schooley writes:

Subject line: "Sequim CBC hits astounding 212 species"

Sequim? Where the hell is Sequim?!...in a *momentary* memory lapse as I
mentally picture a map of the southern U.S. and search the geography of Texas
and Florida. Good one Tom; y'a got me, but only for a second :-).

<< NOT.
But the boat into the straits between Protection Is. and Dungeness Spit did
find nearly 1000 Oldsquaw and over 300 Ancient Murrelets. >>

A boat, eh... hmmm....., and on Monday. Rats! I could have participated on
this count! Maybe even assigned to the boat team?... maybe?...maybe?...huh?
I somehow skipped over the date mistakenly thinking that it was on Sunday when
I couldn't. Very impressive Oldsquaw count, Tom! Awesome! Ancient Murrelets
too! Congrats to all! --Richard

Richard Rowlett (Pagodroma at aol.com)
47.56N, 122.13W
(Seattle/Bellevue, WA USA)