Hi Tweeters,

As I bicycled home the other evening along the bay trail in Bellingham,
I caught an unusual shape out of the corner of my eye. (Only unusual
in that I hadn't seen any for months.) Red-breasted Mergansers on the
inside of Bellingham Bay, quite near Georgia Pacific. 2 females, 2 j. I
referred to the bar graph in Wahl and Paulson, and found that fall
arrival date is in the middle of the month; that date? Sept. 15.

I would like to find more information on arrival and departure dates.
The reference reading list in Wahl and Paulson refers to journals such
as _American Birds_ and _Western Birds_, and gives the addresses to
subscribe. Would either of these journals be appropriate for this info?

Nancy Taylor
Bellingham, WA
email: ntaylor at pacificrim.net