At 11:23 AM 12/28/98 -0800, Wilson E Cady wrote:
> On Sunday, Dec. 27th ,the Sauvie Island C.B.C. was held in pouring rain
>and wind gusts to forty miles per hour. Most of the usual birds and
>observers were hunkered down somewhere warm and cozy. The few people who
>bravely went afield found only 71 species on the Washington side of the
>count circle, a new low record. Best species found by our group were:

Counters on Sauvie itself made the front page (!) of The Oregonian, right
under the story headed "Endangered Species Act In Danger Itself" or somesuch
(I forget the exact headline). I recognized Ray Korpi and Mary Ann
Sohlstrom despite their raingear, but not the other two, not surprising
as the caption made it clear I don't know them. Nice! Any Seattle counts
make the front page of your dailies, eh? [nah nah nah :)]


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