Hi Tweets,

>NO, please we do NOT need another bothersome eastern immigrant. (I'm from
>Michigan originally, and do make myself bothersome at times.) The stresses
>on the native breeding birds in Washington and the west coast is
>considerable already. Another egg thief is not a healthy addition to our
>avifauna.

This makes a lot of sense. Guess I'll have to put away my fond hope that
Northern Cardinal--favorite bird of childhood--makes it here as well. What
would it likely displace, if anything? Black-headed Grosbeak and House Finch
maybe?

>DO consider the different species between the east and west as a wonder of
>evolution, not something to lament.

Or infill. Yeah, makes sense.

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