Hi Tweets,

Our first twitchable casualty of the 'Reply-to' switch. Don Cecile just got
back from a trip (Nutting's Flycatcher, the lucky dog) and fired off his
post to Tweeterland by the time-honored route of replying to a previously
posted letter. It came to me, personally, but it was addressed to Tweets
generally, so I replied to it thinking it had gone to the list. Little did
he know. Ah well, growing pains...

Here's his original post...

>Happy New Year everyone.
>
>
>Regarding recent posts about wintering Townsend's Warblers, some may be
>interested to know that a few have overwintered as far north as Port Alberni
>near mid Vancouver Island. We do not have any previous winter records for
>Townsend's Warbler, but it sounds as though there are unusually large
>numbers of them south of here. On Jan. 3 I found two birds (despite the
>snow and cold) that were "happily" feeding in fir trees with a mixed flock
>of chickadees and kinglets. On that same day, another individual reported
>having seen two at another location in town.
>
>Of other interest:
>
>Overwintering Lincoln Sparrows ( 2 on Jan. 3)
>We have our first overwintering Anna's Hummingbirds and we have our first
>local record of Brambling. The brambling has been feeding at a chicken yard
>where the food is abundant and very reliable. If people are interested in
>seeing this bird, send me a note and I will provide you with directions.

...and his address:

<dcecile at mail.sd70.bc.ca>

Michael Price A brave world, Sir,
Vancouver BC Canada full of religion, knavery and change;
mprice at mindlink.net we shall shortly see better days.
Aphra Behn (1640-1689)