Saturday, 26 February 00, Ruth Sullivan wrote to us:

> Hello Tweets,

> Today my mother and I birded, mainly the Chehalis-Rainier areas,
> starting at the Chehalis Steam Plant, E of Chehalis along Big
> Hanaford Rd., where a female REDHEAD was located with Lesser Scaups,
> and 2 EURASIAN WIGEONS, with 250+ DUNLIN in a nearby flooded field.
> In Tenino a MERLIN, and several W.SCRUB JAYS were present. Futher
> north, in Rainier, Thurston Co., at the Weir Prairie, 7 WESTERN
> BLUEBIRDS, and 1 female MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD were oberved, along with a
> lone NORTHERN SHRIKE.

> Ruth and Patrick Sullivan
> GODWIT at worldnet.att.net

First of all, please bear with me. My family has been sick and I've
been shaking the rattles and burning the incense to chase off the evil
spirits. Of course, in my absence, you folks started a bunch of new
threads that I actually want to chime in on. I'll try to keep it all
brief and to the point. :)

I'm responding to this message in case anyway wants to head to the
place mentioned and check out the birds Ruth saw. It is Centralia
Steam Plant and it is E of Centralia on Big Hanford Rd. I graduated
from Centralia High School and my dad was one of the freaking
polluting losers that ran the steam plant (I hope I am offending coal
plant workers too). It is not a big deal and an easy mistake to make
but it might be hard to find since there is no such thing as Chehalis
Steam Plant. :) They do have nice cooling ponds and stuff around the
plant for ducks if you're in that area.

And yes my Dad is an American Indian like me but he is also
assimilated into the wasichu culture. But like you care! :)

Brice Matson
Cinebar, Lewis County, WA
mailto:matson at myhome.net