At 5:38 PM -0800 02/09/1998, Michael Price wrote:
>Hi Tweets,
>
>Steve Mansfield writes:
>
>>Rose and I went up around Rockport, WA to see eagles and get some other
>>birding in as well. The local news reports about the Bald Eagle festival
>>on the new recently failed to mention that most of the eagles are *gone* by
>>the time the festival starts (this is intentional).

>Umm, Steve, being a birder of very little brain, I'm assuming the people
>running the festival know what they're doing by waiting until the eagles are
>gone before holding an eagle festival (Hey folks, ya shoulda bin here a
>month ago! Up ta the wallet in 'em!), but could you shed some light on the
>reasoning behind their timing? It seems counter-intuitive on the face of it.
>What am I missing?

>Michael Price

Michael, maybe we could get these folks to organize a Sasquatch festival.

Hal Opperman