<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> Dear Tweeters,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">A friend of mine told me that he found driving in Taiwan quite challenging, so I am rethinking my original idea of birding there on my own. If anyone in Tweeterland can recommend a bird guide for Taiwan, please contact me off list.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Here is the obligatory bird observation.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Yesterday I had my best day of NY State shorebirding ever. That was five (5) species and twenty-nine (29) individuals! There was a flock of 22 Killdeer, two sightings of Spotted Sandpiper, one sighting of a Lesser Yellowlegs, two observations of single Semipalmated Sandpiper, and the bird of the day, a Baird's Sandpiper. Five shorebird species. That is what one would seen in the first three minutes of shorebirding on Fir Island!</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Yours truly,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Gary Bletsch</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Jamestown, NY </div></div></body></html>