<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">Greetings from Western New York. Lakes are still mostly frozen, but a few spring migrants have begun to show up. Meanwhile, we have a mini-irruption of Pine Siskins.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Question. Has anybody in Tweeter-land carried a spotting scope in carry-on baggage lately? I used to do so, but then grew weary of the insanity of people stuffing enormous, hard-shell suitcases into overhead bins. I started putting my scope in my checked baggage. So far so good--they haven't lost my scope yet. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Any suggestions? Heading off to Namibia in a couple of days, and one of the wee airlines we're flying on is a bit picky about the luggage.</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></body></html>