Keith Addison wrote: > More re aggressive kids: > > >> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:08:46 +0000 >> Sender: Organic Gardening Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> From: Laura McKenzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: OT: "look at the duck!" >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Ok, a quick rave. We went to the botanical garden today and headed, >> as usual, to the Japanese garden area fairly quickly. At the pond >> were two beautiful Canadian geese. They hissed a bit at Jill but we >> stayed quiet and watched them for a while at a pretty close range. >> At 3 feet, Canadian geese are marvelous creatures and this pair was >> very brave. >> >> Three adults and two little girls came up while we were watching >> and not only did they run at these poor geese (who bravely stood >> their ground and hissed) but all three adults at varying times said >> "look at the duck!" >> >> I had a similar moment years ago at the top of Sandia Peak where a >> raven flew by and a whole lot of people standing there shouted, >> "Eagle! Eagle!" >> >> Sean tells me I'm being over sensitive but I say again, "You can't >> conserve or even care about conserving that which you know nothing >> of."
[snip] D'oh! At work a couple of weeks ago I watched a particularly graceful bird fly around the airport gates, and then fly off toward the airport hotel. One of the guys I work with asked me if it was a pigeon. No, it was a falcon. It was hunting pigeons. For an astonishing number of people a bird is just "a bird". AP _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
