Hi Everyone,
I am sorry for anyone who wanted to make it to REI last night, for the official unveiling of The Owl And The Woodpecker, but was unable to. The whole event was absolutely wonderful, and the room was packed. My husband Mark, counted about 200 people in the room where the slide show and book signing took place. We got there early, but forgot to save seats. I was concerned because at 6:30, there were just not that many people there. But when we went back into the room at about 6:50, it was packed. Fortunately there were two empty seats front and center, so we grabbed them.

Not only is Paul a great photographer, and an artist with pen in hand, he is an eloquent speaker.
What really added to the slide show, was the recordings that played during the presentation. Martyn Stewart did a great job on all of these recordings. I really enjoy listening to his CD (on my ipod) while walking my dogs......It really distracts from the rather dull traffic sounds in Bonney Lake, and a few times I forget I am listening to it, and stop to see where is that bird??? (the recordings have a great natural background, so you feel you are in the woods, or in the forest, wherever the calls happen to be coming from, you can even work on naming the bird calls in the background).

The people at BirdNote told me Paul's calender will be out in a couple more weeks. I cannot wait to see what is inside, the last two were fantastic!

Have a great weekend, and check out the website below if you are interested in purchasing this great book!
http://www.paulbannick.com/index.html
The website appears to be down at the moment, but maybe try in a little while, and it should come back up....or you can contact Paul via email......
paul.bannick at gmail.com

Vicki Biltz
vickibiltz at msn.com
Bonney Lake Wa 98391