At 01:35 PM 10/13/98 EDT, StahlfeldE at aol.com wrote:
>Tweeters,
>
>Took a last minute trip to Cannon Beach Saturday and Sunday, mostly spent
>watching my children build sand castles. Surprised by total lack of
>shorebirds.

Twenty miles to the north, the beach at Gearhart features peeps all
winter long. This beach has a supply of brown organic goo, of
unknown origin (to me), and whatever it is seems to lead to a food
source for shorebirds. Friends and I bought a house in this town
to remodel some time ago, so I became familiar with the beach last
winter, and this winter would like to check around to see if I can
find out the story on this goo.


- Don Baccus, Portland OR <dhogaza at pacifier.com>
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