Puzzle 280

[Miss Meow]

-o-unteers are ur-ent-- nee-e- to -oin a ten -a- -ie-- tri-
to he-- -ocate an- recor- two o- Tasmania's most e-usi-e -ro-s ~
the Southern Toa--et an- the Smooth -ro--et.

"This -ie-- tri- has -een or-anise- to co--ect new -ata which wi--
u--ate an- im-ro-e our -now-e--e o- these m-sterious
autumn -ree-in- -ro-s."

"-ro- enthusiasts ~ an- isn't that e-er--o-- ~ can -oin the tri- at
an- sta-e, an- can -artici-ate -or a -a- or the entire te- -a-s,
" sa-s -r Michae-s.

-o-unteers -een to -oin the -ie-- tri- shou-- en-o- Tasmania's
-ic--e autumn weather, shou--n't min- rou-hin- it an- -e -re-are-
to -et a -itt-e mu--- i- necessar-.

The Smooth -ro--et is a --um-, -ar- -rown -ro- with -i-ht -rown
stri-es, white -e--- an- -in- thi-hs. It is usua--- -oun- in coasta-
heaths, se--es an- -orests in western an- centra- Tas-ania an-
-in- Is-an-.

The Southern Toa--et is a sma-- -urrowin- -ro- which wa--s
rather than ho-s. It a-so has co-our-u- mar-in-s ~ a -ri-ht
oran-e throat an- -ac- -e-s an- a mar--e- --ac- an- --ue
-attern on its -e---.

"Con-itions in Tas-ania are -a-oura--e at the moment an- the
-ie-- tri- has -een --anne- to coinci-e with the time that these
-ro-s are most acti-e an- there-ore easier to -etect," sa-s
-r Michae-s.

~ Wor-- Wi---i-e -un-

Letters left to play:

B D F G J K L P Q V X Y Z


Captain Michelle 109 E x 2, 68 I x 2, 99T, 63 R = 516
Nomilynn 42 A x 2, 69 O x 2 = 222
Koxka 28 U x 2, 17 W, 23 C = 96
Fuzzy317 67 S = 67
Cincy's Mom 49 H, 23 M = 72
AmberLee 74 N = 74