We note with sadness the passing of Markie the Fish, a/k/a Markie Marisco, f/k/a Market Price, faithful guardian of our lily pads. Until his death this September, Washington was the only Western state without a confirmed case of West Nile Virus, a fact we attribute to Markie's appetite for mosquito larvae. At the time of his death he had attained the age of three and a half years, and a length of nineteen centimeters.
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Our favorite pair of crows is still with us though, and one of their two babies has stayed with them since last spring, giving them an advantage over their rivals from up the street. We anticipate a noisy new year.
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