> I hope many of you have gotten a chance to visit Don Baccus's web site in
> the last few weeks. The potential for data gathering at this web site is
> incredible. I really want to encourage all of you to at least take a look
> at it and think about contributing. Once the fall starts, I will be
> posting by weekly (maybe even bi-weekly) trips to the Vancouver Lake area
> via Don's site. For a haphazard record keeper like myself, such a service
> is outstanding, and the combination of data that can occur through this
> site is mind-boggling.
>
> I have talked with Don about the plans for the future of this site--the
> potential is wonderful, and if many of us start contributing, we will gain
> a much better picture of birds in the Northwest.
>
> Ray Korpi
> rkorpi at clark.edu
> Portland, OR/Clark College, Vancouver WA
> President, Oregon Field Ornithologists
>