Tweeters:
Oh, no. My heart sinks. We are doomed.
The last time I felt this bad about a moving announcement was on Apr 1, 2010, when Mike and MerryLynn Denny said they were moving to somewhere warm. Thank goodness that was an April Fools joke. But I'm afraid that Gene's announcement sounds final. Gene has been a wonderful influence on us here in Seattle and in Washington State. He has been a terrific source of birding knowledge on Tweeters.
Best wishes to Gene and Nancy. California can expect some new birds for their records now.
Yours, Carol Schulz
Depressed in Des Moines
carol.schulz50 at gmail
Still using Gene's "Birding Seattle and King County" book, publ. 1982.


From: Eugene and Nancy Hunn
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 8:27 PM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] a fond farewell


Tweets,

After 38? fond years here in Washington State Nancy and I are migrating (is that the proper term, or is it simply post-breeding dispersal??) south to warmer climes and more efficient grand-parenting. We set off Saturday hauling all our worldly goods down I-5 bound for Sonoma, CA, an old stomping ground.

Our next address (a one-year lease) will be:

17353 Buena Vista Ave., Sonoma, CA 95476 (38? 19' 17.27" N, 122? 28' 54.47" W ), until such time as we may be able to build a house of our own or buy a castle.

We will begin the new yard list on arrival. Nuttall's Woodpecker, Oak Titmouse, Wrentit,. whatever.

We will keep our present e-mail address (enhunn323 at comcast.net) but will have a new land line: 707-938-7276.

The Revised Edition of Birding Seattle and King County is undergoing final tweaking by Connie Sidles on behalf of Seattle Audubon, the publisher, and it should be out early next year, complete with new maps, charts, routes, and lots of fine fotos.