Dear Tweeters,

Remember what it used to say in fine print at the bottom of one frame in so many newspaper comic strips? That's the inspiration for my name for a flock of kingfishers.

A Syndicate of Kingfishers!

("King Features Syndicate," remember?)

Yours truly,

Gary Bletsch ? Near Lyman, Washington (Skagit County), USA ? garybletsch at yahoo.com ? ?