Subject: Was This a Mistake???
Date: Oct 6 20:18:55 2002
From: Ruth Sullivan - GODWIT at worldnet.att.net


Hi Brendan.
You was a "NATURAL"already asoung as 9 years old.Thanks for sharing this
with us all.

Ruth Sullivan
Tacoma
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brendan McGarry" <Pica_pica417 at hotmail.com>
To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: Was This a Mistake???


> Hey Tweets,
> I can remember when I first got interested in birds I
> was 9 years old and on a trip to the Olympic Peninsula with my parents.
We
> were relaxing at the beach near Klalock (please excuse the spelling), when
I
> noticed another kid throwing rocks at a small black bird in the water only
a
> few feet from shore. Being a born naturalist and not wanting the bird to
> get hurt I threw a rock at the other kid and starting yelling at him...I
> realize now this probably wasn't the right way to solve the problem, but
> hey, I was 9 and it worked. Being older than him, he ran away and I went
to
> take a look at the bird.
> This is where my memory fails me because I don't remeber enough to
> figure out what the bird was. All I knew then was it was a black "duck"
> with an orange bill and thats about all I can remember. Being on the
coast
> those feild marks don't narrow it down to anything but an alcid or a
scoter.
> Something in the recesses of my mind is screaming Rhinocerous Auklet..but
I
> can't say for sure what it was. Either way thats my claim to seabird
saving
> glory!
> -Brendan McGarry
>
> Brendan McGarry, 16
> Seattle, Washington
> Pica_pica417 at hotmail.com
> Uglyduckling at hotmail.com
>