C'mon! Is the Washington Coast the right habitat for a Bristle-thighed
Curlew? We're going to have some interesting birding experiences if taking
birds back to their rightful habitats becomes a thing to do. Move that
Murrelet! Deport that Diomedia! Let's have a sub-department of the F+G for
putting fauna in its proper places. Still, if that's their thing I suppose
we'll just have to groove with it (I'm fairly sure that they're right to try
to save an owl, it's just that the hype seems less than honest).

yrs provocatively,
Nigel Ball
Bainbridge
nball001 at msn.com