On Wed, 3 Jun 1998 PAGODROMA at aol.com wrote:

> fiasco last December when I went dashing out -- no, wrong word --laboriously
> trudging out across the deep snowy fields in the Okanogan to confirm what I
> was virtually certain was a distant Northern Hawk Owl, only to discover that
> it was something else (never mind what -- I'm too appalled to say).

Oh Come on, we really want to know. Was it a cowpie?

Kelly McAllister