Agreed. Short of leaving a dog behind, which we do if the weather's cool
enough, about all you can do is slow them down (put stuff in a large
locking box?) or leave it open to show that you don't have anything for
them. At Reifel they'd have to work fast. We've always suspected the
people feeding those ducks in the parking lot.

At 10:44 AM 3/26/01 -0800, you wrote:
> > Deborah Wisti-Peterson wrote:
>
> > always lock all your valuables in the TRUNK of your car
> > when birding!
>
>Been there, done that. DON'T do it at the parking place where you leave
>the car. The baddies may be watching and just break into your trunk
>instead.
>
>Bill
>-----------------
>The Smiths
>Grays Harbor, Washington USA
>birdsmiths at hotmail.com