At 08:35 AM 10-04-97 -0700, you wrote:
>Saw my first osprey of the season over the #520 bridge near the
>arboretum. How lovely, and hello spring metaphors.
>
>A few of my students saw an accipiter (sharpie?) killing a pigeon on the
>school grounds. How common is this? Other sightings of this? First I have
>heard of this occurring.
>
> -dean
>
>

There is something about birds of prey and educational institutions. In
April of 1988 I was enjoying some of the first nice spring weather by
tossing the football around campus. I was surprised to see a Little Brown
Bat circling above us in the middle of the day. No sooner had I pointed it
out to my buddies when from out of nowhere a Merlin sped in and picked the
bat right out of the sky! Bon apetit.

The ospreys are back in the Kootenay River valley too.
*****

Burke Korol
Nelson, B.C.
bkorol at netidea.com