At 09:55 AM 3/11/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Hello, Tweeters!
>
>I got to the Fill Saturday around 4:30, got only a fleeting glimpse of the
>Palm Warbler, then watched a Marsh Wren tear apart the head of a cattail in
>search of the perfect piece of fuzz. While standing there I heard
>something making an interesting call (for the musicians out there, think of
>four-six percussive eighth notes, with the final note accented).

>Cheers,
>
>Mary Klein
>Seattle WA
>bassclef at aa.net

Sounds like some sort of drum to me. You might call the Husky Band to see
if they have lost one lately. I heard they have had trouble with a couple
of their percussionists turning left instead of right during marching
practice. If they did, they might end up in the fill.

Denny Granstrand
Yakima, WA
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