Welcome, Michael, to the wonderful world of AWAD. There is ALWAYS room for another Seattlite on this board.

You will be perhaps envious to know that, this week, I have seen nene (Hawaiian geese) from two feet away, red-footed boobies in numbers too large to count, and the almost-ready-to-fledge offspring of wedge-tailed shearwaters in their little mud holes. There is a national bird sanctuary on the Island of Kauai where we saw these wonderful sights and more.