I must put in my vote for a Jeep as the ultimate bird-mobile. Not
only does it have 4WD and great clearance, but the flat windows make
it much easier to focus binoculars through, and in good weather, the
option of going topless gives a definite advantage.
Jane

> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 00:57:52 EST
> Reply-to: CATSAFARI at aol.com
> From: CATSAFARI at aol.com
> To: borealis at borealis.seanet.com, tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: ideal bird-mobile

> Michael, check out the Subaru line for the ideal bird-mobile. You would have
> full-time all-wheel drive in any model from compact (sub-compact?) Impreza
> sedan throught the small and large wagons to the new sport-utility model. I
> sold my much-loved Mazda 626 last spring to buy the Impreza Outback Sport
> wagon, just for the all-wheel drive. It's a much smaller car than the legacy
> wagon, but to me is the ideal bird-mobile. (I'm a small-car person.) It's a
> 4-passenger car with plenty of gear space and a roof rack. It goes down
> steep, rutted, muddy canyon roads with numerous stream crossings with no
> problem!
>
> Cathy Mohns
> Mill Creek WA
> catsafari at aol.com
>
Jane Westervelt
Moscow, ID