Re: [Paddlewise] Hazel Wolf

>When I lived in Seattle some 25-30 years ago, Hazel was a mainstay in
Seattle
>Audubon, and a fierce activist in promoting sensible preservation of
wildlife
>habitat.  She was elderly then (but hell on wheels!) -- and I am blown away
>she is still going.  Wow!
>Dave Kruger
>Astoria, OR
>wishing he could be more like Hazel


            I was digging out some files in my Audubon Folder and came
across this:

Forum:  Birds      Section:  Bird Watching
To   :  All        6/22/97 12:20 AM
>From :  Cheryl Tisdale/Forum Mgr

    Here is a copy of a clever little essay written by Hazel Wolf,
the matriarch of all Auduboners in the Pacific NW.  Enjoy!

                   Bird Puns from Wenas Campfire

    On my way to Wenas, I first stopped at a national park
campground.  I said to the ranger, "What will the PHOEBE?"  He said:
"$2.00." "That's RUFF", said I.  "No, it's KNOT," he replied.  How
can you argue with a guy like that?
    So I came on to Wenas.  Everybody had left on a field trip; not
a FLICKER of anyone, not a SOLITAIRE soul in sight; no one to CHAT
with, that is until a skinhead came along with his BALDPATE.  Next,
my friend, Bill, came by in a very bad mood.  You should have heard
him GROUSE and RAIL.  He was, indeed, a CROSSBILL.  I said to
myself, "POORWILL."
    I saw some WESTERN TANAGERS LOON up on the horizon, with their
plaintive call, "Gimme, gimme, gimme." They began BUNTING a ball
around.  One hit a BUTEO, but it was caught in the outfield by a
FLYCATCHER.  What a LARK! One seemed to be hurt because he was
LIMPKIN.  Not a PEEP out of him, though.  It was something to CROW
about!
    Then some LAUGHING GULLS came in.  They were VEERY immature.
They came with a big DIPPER for water.  One said, "Let's PHALAROPE,"
which they did, and then left.
    Next, some cats came in for a funeral and held a KITTIWAKE
attended by a flock of MOURNING DOVES.  This happened at the TERN of
the century.
    Things then got SORA bad.  A woman came PUFFIN in, bent on ROBIN
the camp. At the same time, a tourist from south of the border
arrived, and when the thief started to fire her revolver, you should
have seen that MEXICAN DUCK, and heard him RAVEN at that WILD
TURKEY.  It was very, very STARLING.
    Then the thief stole my tent and I started to OWL, "Bring my
CANVASBACK!" I muttered to myself, "If I could catch her, I'd
THRASHER and CHUKAR out." It is a CARDINAL sin to steal EIDER a tent
or anything else in the Wenas campground.
    Well, it was a real hectic day, but I'm not the LEAST BITTERN,
and have no EGRETS.
    Hazel Wolf

Regards:   Dick Freshley - Tahoma Audubon
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