Subject: Re: silly lists
Date: Mar 21 17:09:33 1995
From: Dennis Paulson - dpaulson at ups.edu


>Remember this thread?
>
>I was talking with a very nice birder in Magnusson Park today at noon, and we
>got on the subject of lists. He mentioned that he and his wife have a list of
>"Birds Seen By The Light Of A Full Moon". Heh. He said sometimes they get a
>bit distracted, and he's sure they've missed some birds while smooching. His
>wife blushed - what a pair! I hope my (currently non-existant) husband and I
>are that comfortable with each other when we're 80 years old!
>
>Susan Collicott susan at pmel.noaa.gov
>Computer Services, NOAA PMEL http://corona.www.pmel.noaa.gov/~susan/
>Seattle, WA (206) 526-6755

This isn't about a silly list, but Susan's posting made me recall when I
was a freshman in college in Miami, inviting someone on a date to go out to
listen for Bobolinks. Honest, you can hear them migrating over in large
numbers at night. By the way, the line, which I considered brilliantly
original, worked.

Dennis Paulson, Director phone: (206) 756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax: (206) 756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail: dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416