>Meaning birds, of course, Don?

Probably, though a brown bear in your garage would probably excite many
of us enough to accept a free plane ticket :)

>Well, we get all excited about mockingbirds and grackles up here.

Well, that means you are really part of the PNW, right? Same's true
here.

>Maybe a Tweeters picnic in Anchorage some day, if that charter plane comes
>through. We have microbreweries now.

Now, that would be fun!

I've assumed, given the population of Anchorage, that ALL of your
breweries must be "micro"...