See below for minor bird-related aspect of this post.

Dennis Paulson wrote:

> I can't imagine any bird report as being more important than this.

> >Direct Marketing Association
> >Mail Preference Service
> >Post Office Box 9008
> >Farmingdale, NY 11735-9008
> >
> >Direct Marketing Association
> >Telephone Preference Service
> >Post Office Box 9014
> >Farmingdale, NY 11735-9014
> >
> >A quick note to either of those will register you and ostensibly decrease
> >the amount of unsolicited (and presumably unwanted) contacts you receive
> >from telemarketers and direct mail marketers. You might want to add a
> >signature and date for authentication.

Dear Cybirders,

This is more than ostensibly functional. I did this last year, and while
it took a few months to take effect, I am no longer called by
telemarketers. The junk mail aspect is harder to evaluate, but I think
that has also decreased.

Minor bird-related notes:

I see that someone is watching Turkey Vulture arrival patterns. For one
data point, I saw a single TUVU just outside of Joseph Oregon Monday,
April 13.

My VG Swallows are back checking out their usual nest box on the front of
my house (as of 10 days ago), but other than that few signs of Spring are
evident on the Palouse.

Tom Besser
Moscow ID
besser at turbonet.com