Happy Summer Solstice, dear Tweets, on a lovely PNW day!
Long-time subscribers will fondly remember Dan Victor and Hal Opperman as the original masterminds of the Tweeters listserv (launched in approximately 1992). A quarter of a century later, under Hal’s tutelage, I was brought in as a new administrator (in mid-2019). And in October 2024 with deepest thanks to him, we let Hal step down ("out of the wheelhouse" as he likes to say). But not before we recruited our newest member of Tweeters management, Doug Santoni, who it is my pleasure to introduce officially. Doug has already become an integral part of managing our forum: he has brought his skills and insights to the full range of "opportunities" and many satisfactions of administering Tweeters as we exchange information and commentary on birds and birding.
You may already know Doug from his volunteer work as Board member and past Chair of Audubon Washington, or from his forays birding around Seattle, especially on Foster Island and in the Arboretum. Doug, we thank you for fresh energy and your ample contributions.
