Olympia Birders:
The City of Olympia is interested in any bird sightings/list for the North
Percival Creek Stormwater Facility (affectionately called Black Lake Meadows)
on the corner of Mottman Road and Black Lake Blvd. If you have trip lists,
please send them my way or call. Would like to eventually create checklist
for site and some public information materials. Cedar Wells, City of Olympia
Water Resources Program, PO Box 1967, Olympia, WA 98507-1967 (360) 753-8454

On another note: saw a weird towhee in my Ward Lake area yard; like it had
been dipped in mud; no spots, gray vs. white belly, dull. Walked and talked
like a towhee though.

On yet another note: Spent February in East Africa (Northern Tanzania and
Kenya) agaw at Secretary Birds, Palm-nut Vultures, and over 307 African
species and European Migrants with the assistance of great guides from East
African Ornithological Safaris (Kenya) and Richshaw Safaris (Tanzania). EAO
is owned by Don Turner, co-author of "Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania"
---a definitive by not backpacking weight guide. If you go, ask for Preston
as guide. Also, Preston would like to hear from folks in the U.S--and the
computer age and internet has not arrived in Kenya yet. If you'd like to
write and connect with birders in Kenya, contact Preston Mutinda, PO Box
1328, Kangundo, Kenya. Or, write him c/o EAO, PO Box 48019, Nairobi, Kenya.
Favorite places were Lake Ndutu in Serengeti, Lewa Downes Black Rhino
Reserve near Mt Kenya, and Mara River Camp in Masai Mara, Kenya. Birding off
the riverside terrace of Boulevard Hotel (Nairobi) was a good warmup (glossy
ibis, hamerkop, variable sunbird, Cinnoman-chested bee-eater...) and great,
inexpensive place to stay. Jambo.

Cedar, Oly Town, the rainforever state
cedarwells at aol.com