Bob
Congratulations on the launch of your new Guide! Although we are not
subscribers of Tweeters we would appreciate you posting the following to the
list:

Two recent users of 'A Birder's Guide to Coastal Washington' Marilyn and I
generally take our birding vacations in the fall. It had been at least a
dozen years since we birded the Washington Coast so that was to be our
destination this year. We knew of only a few "birdy" areas along the coast.
Fortunately for us we heard of Bob Morse's new "A Birder's Guide to Coastal
Washington" just before we set out. It was an excellent resource for us. Our
remembered "birdy" areas were fog-bound when we reached them but Bob's Guide
had provided us a many new and interesting sites to explore. We 'discovered'
Neah Bay / Cape Flattery (still one Tufted Puffin there), La Push (lots of
Brown Pelicans), the Quinault Rain Forest Nature Trail and its historic
Lodge, to name a few spots.

The 260 page Guide, covering the outer coast of Washington from Cape
Flattery to the Columbia River, was well organized, very readable, and
provided sufficient descriptive text to make it both informative and
interesting. Without the guide we would have passed by a number of good
sites and we would probably still be trying to find our way out of Ocean
Shores! Since we had not recently read much about Washington State we found
the information on geography and climate, coastal habitats (with great color
photos), coastal birding organization contacts, and links for tides and maps
to be very informative. The inclusion of camping and accommodation
information was especially valuable to us as tourists. It was also useful to
have the seasonal checklist and the inclusion of the Washington coastal
species with descriptions and color photos was an unexpected bonus.

The Guide has been very thoughtfully and professionally prepared. We feel
that it would be a welcome and useful addition to any birder's library.

Andy and Marilyn Buhler
Editors, BC BIRDING
October 2001