Subject: [Tweeters] Cascade Pass & An Almost Rob Sandelin Moment
Date: Jun 21 09:35:30 2005
From: Lydia Bishop - gizathecat at verizon.net




Yesterday my husband and I hiked up to Cascade Pass in the North Cascades
National Park. At the top of the pass we were serenaded by a loudly
"whoompppppping" blue grouse. Along the trail back down we spied one and
tried "whoooooooomping" at it, but it just ignored us. Back at the trail
head we spied a redbreasted sapsucker. The weather was perfect for hiking
and incidental birding.



And now for an "Almost Rob Sandelin Moment"



This morning my husband and I were awakened by a scritch, scritch, scritch
sound coming from our woodstove in the living room. The cats were staring
at the sooty glass door like kids hypnotized to a video game. Scritch,
scritch, scritch...We thought it was a mouse. We put on our heavy gardening
gloves, Dave reached in as I opened the door.

Suddenly the scratching became frantic fluttering and Dave quickly
shut the door. "It's a bird!" He reached back in, and vainly tried to
catch it. Suddenly in a dusty cloud the bird escaped Dave's grip and flew
into the living room. The cats went ballistic as the bird flew at the
window. I cornered the bird as Dave shooed away the cats, and gently
grabbed the very young bird. I caught the bird and released it out the
front door. As it flew off it let out a loud "scrackkkkkkkk".



The feathered trespasser was a young starling.



LYDIA BISHOP

Somewhere near Lake Stevens, WA



Life Is A Sit-Com On The Reality Side Of The Tube

And When It's Not A Sit-Com, It's a Soap!



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