At 07:45 PM 10/2/97 -0700, you wrote:

>Growing up in s.e. Michigan, I was just an hour and a half away from
>both Crane Creek on the south shore of L. Erie and Pt. Pelee NP on the
>north shore. Some consider Crane Creek to be better than Pelee in terms
>of variety/quantity of birds and in fewer crowds (though the secret is
>getting out!).

An old girlfriend of mine still hits Crane Creek nearly every year, and
seems to think that it is, as you say, about as good as better known
spots like Pt. Pelee.

I've not been to either one, myself...



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