Hi all--

Hi all, I?m working on an ad that will mention birding festivals in this state this spring. Here?re the ones I have. I?m sure I?ve missed one or more. Could anyone alert me or tweeters if I?ve done this disservice to an upcoming birding festival?



Port Susan Snow Goose Birding Festival
Stanwood Chamber of Commerce
Feb 25 & 26
http://www.snowgoosefest.org/


Othello Crane Festival
March 24 , 25 26
Othello High School, Othello, WA
http://www.othellosandhillcranefestival.org/introduction.htm



Wings over Water Birding Festival
Semiahmoo Resort near Blaine, WA
March 24, 25, 26
www.washingtonbrant.org/events.html



The Shorebird Festival
April 28-30
Hoquiam High School
www.shorebirdfestival.com



Kettle Valley Songbird festival
May 20, 21, 22
Republic, WA
http://www.ferrycounty.com/kettlevalleysongbirdfestival/





Thanks in advance. Oh btw, here are 10 reasons why YardBirdRacing is a better sport than football:

10. Less trash talking in YardBirdRacing. You almost never hear things like: ?Those birders from (pick a trown or county) couldn?t tell a Resplendant Quetzal from a House Sparrow!?

9. Many fewer injuries. But let?s keep it that way. I stay indoors when large flocks of Bushtits are in the yard?Have you ever seen them jump a suet from below, all at once?

8. Unlike Football, in YardBirdRacing bad officiating doesn?t usually ruin the game. YBR officials may not be the brightest bulbs in birding, but they rarely upset the tenor of the game with bad calls the way football officials so love to do.

7 YardBirdRacers police themselves. In the famed case of the Double Counted Cormorant, the YardBirdRacers involved actually busted themselves. This would be akin to a football player telling the ref he?d been unnecessarily rough on that guy over there who hasn?t got up yet.

6 No cheap rings for winning in YardBirdRacing?valuable bird conservation-related prizes instead.

5 No 10-bird penalities in YardBirdRacing.

4 Everyone wins in Yardbirdracing (true, sometimes the boundaries of the area of competition have to be condensed a bit), whereas most everyone ultimately loses in a season of Football, including an excellent team from Seattle this year.

3 More kinds of Falcons in YardBirdRacing, & more kinds of Eagles.

2 No offensive linepeople in YardBirdRacing

a. And the number one reason YardBirdRacing is better than Football: We call the Osprey by its right name!


So please consider joining the YardBirdRace everybody! To see the rules and the current Leaderboard go to
http://www.ednewbold.com/yardbird.htm

To join email yardbirdrace at yahoo.com.

Ed Newbold ednewbold1 at yahoo.com residential Beacon Hill, Seattle, WA




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