Dennis the knowledgable, in all seriousness writes:

>It was written (no names, to protect the innocent), "Yesterday I had my
>first Vaux's Swift of the year." Is there anyone else out there who
>objects to the verb "to have" to describe an encounter with a bird?

Hmmm, it's possible the person ate it...the other possibility common
in the vernacular is two perverse to contemplate.

It is a strange use of english.

-Don Baccus-