The death of my brother-in-law makes necessary a trip to Walla Walla, WA on this Wed. to attend his funeral on Friday. We plan to extend our trip by several weeks after the funeral to visit other parts of Wash. and Oregon, including North Cascades National Park (drive through from east to west), Whidbey Island, Dungeness Spit and Port Angeles, all of which I have birded before. We plan to finish up by visiting Malheur NWR in Oregon before finally ending up back in Boise, ID to fly back home to Takoma Park. I have never been to Malheur before. We will spend one night in Burns, then the next night at the hotel in Diamond (both reservations already made), then return by way of Burns to Boise the next day. I would appreciate any information from those of you who have been to Malheur, especially re. sites to visit given our somewhat limited time, special birds to be on the look out for, etc. I will try to pick up a copy of The Birder's Guide to Oregon tomorrow, or at least look it over to see if it might be helpful. Thanks, Bob Wasmer rgwasmer@gateway.net