>Hi tweets,
>
>Every time I read tweeters, it cracks me up that there's so much on it
>*not* about competitive birding, *not* about birding, sometimes *not* even
>about birds! You'd never get away with this on many a "birding" list, and
>I'm tickled that this loose structure has continued over the years.
>

I've especially enjoyed the discussion of weasels in our area. I saw my
first weasel about five years ago in a field surrounded by a jogging path
next to Rogers High School. It ambled across the path about 15-20 yards in
front of me on a late June day. With a quick look at it I gauged it's size
and basic coloration, but that's about all. When I considered the habitat
mentioned in the guides I consulted, it was enough info for me to decide it
was a Long-tailed Weasel. With this discussion I feel even more confident.

Because of my renewed interest in birds, beginning about ten years or so
ago, I have seen more mammals than ever before. Beaver and Muskrats at
Luther Burbank Park, a Douglas Squirrel near my school, River Otters at
Nisqually, a Striped Skunk crossing the street near Bellevue City Hall, and
a Porcupine in a willow in southeastern Washington, to name a few! Focusing
on birds has drawn my attention to the whole world of nature.

Michael B. Brown
Puyallup, Washington
H-253-841-4281
W-253-841-8733
C-253-208-9588
borealis at borealis.seanet.com
Nature Trail- http://www.puyallup.k12.wa.us/elem/firgrove/brown/trail.htm
Home Page- http://www.seanet.com/~borealis/Resume.htm

"...I found myself suddenly neighbor to the birds; not by having imprisoned
one, but having caged myself near them."

-Thoreau
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