Gene: I felt the same way when I saw the article in the paper this
morning. Are we keeping our sightings secret? Or are our premier
birders asleep at the switch? Possibly they are all in Arizona??? :-)
Hans Krauss, Spokane

Gene Lynch wrote:

> I'm amazed that the Spokesman-Review can publish a photo of the snowy
> owl south of Spokane, a bird that's reportedly been there for a week,
> and still there is no mention of it by local birders on this
> listserve. There was an inquiry a couple of days ago about the "rumor"
> of the owl, but no one posted a reply.I'm new to the area and have no
> idea how many birders are active in the Spokane area. But, if the
> newspaper found out about the owl... Does anyone have any specifics
> about the location of this bird? I'd like to add it to my fledgling
> county list. Gene LynchSpokane