Can I get an "Amen"? Cheers,Bob Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 08:57:02 -0500 Subject: [nysbirds-l] Of Owls, Birders, Photographers, Harry Potter, and the New York Giants From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
All: I have been birding for exactly 1,396 years, give or take a few. I have chased birds on nine continents, including Atlantis. I have shaken hands (webbed feet) with Dodos (birds, that is), dined on turtle soup with Audubon, and been burned at the stake for practicing wishcraft to make birds appear. I told the town elders it was only spishing, but hey, it was 1642, and what did they know? After all that, I can honestly say I have no idea any more.what this discussion is all about. But it is the most entertaining, testosterone-fueled ego-contest since the Super Bowl, all of two days ago. I say let's nuke the owls, ourselves, and everything else, except the rock doves, er, pigeons. We all know they're going to inherit the earth anyway. In other news...in the past three days I have heard Northern Cardinals, Black-capped Chickadees, and Song Sparrows all singing. This is unremarkable in and of itself for early February, but only feels weirder because of the March-April weather. P.S. Did you hear that Daniel Radcliffe was frequently drunk on the set of the HP movies? He darn well better not have mistreated poor Hedwig. Maybe that's really him (Hedwig, not Harry) out on those dunes.... P.P.S. I'm taking bets on whether this e-mail gets in before the listserve owner mercifully pulls the plug. Caractacus Pott Professional Curmudgeon aka Fred Baumgarten Sharon, CT/Westchester, NY And Points In-Between [email protected] -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
