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Dan Victor, Seattle, WA <dvictor at u.washington.edu>

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From: "John Cooney" <johncooney at email.msn.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 22:37:39 -0700

While dining on the waterfront in La Conner on the return leg of a
week's vacation on the Western shore of Vancouver Island my wife, daughter,
and I casually looked up to see what seemed to be a Red-billed Tropicbird
flying directly overhead. I was totally unprepared for this and thought
that it was a Long-tailed Jaeger. After consulting many sources and
quizzing and requizzing my two co-observers, we agreed (even though it seems
unlikely) that we saw a Red-billed Tropicbird. Someone please help me with
this. None of us believe in UFO's (although this would qualify); but after
looking over many photos and drawings this is our conclusion.

John Cooney
johncooney at msn.com
Eugene, Oregon