HI Tweeters:
For all of us that had to " eat crow" from time to time!
Sincerely

Ian "Birdbooker" Paulsen
Bainbridge Is., WA, USA
ipaulsen at linknet.kitsap.lib.wa.us
"Rallidae all the way"

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 18:49:09 -0000
From: Philstein <philstein at callnetuk.com>
To: ukbirdnet at dcs.bbk.ac.uk
Subject: [UKBN] Fw: Re: catching up (limited j*zz content)

Hi all,

Thought the UKBNers might appreciate the following, possibly
apocryphal, yarn which I received from another list today:

----- Original Message -----
From: Kay Cavin <atlast at AUSTIN.RR.COM>
To: Multiple recipients of list JAZZ-L <JAZZ-L at BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU>
Sent: 09 December 1999 14:28
Subject: Re: catching up (limited j*zz content)


> --- Original Message ---
> Pat Padua <ppad at LOC.GOV> Wrote on
> Thu, 9 Dec 1999 08:50:05 -0500
> ------------------
> Stanley Chin wrote:
>
> > Dr. Quinn of Ohio sez:
> > >I also like *Looking at Bird* quite a bit
>
>
> How about "Cooking Bird"? Speaking of which, I just received
> THIS story:
> According to the Knight-Ridder News Service, the inscription
>
> on the metal bands used by the U.S. Department of the
> Interior to tag migratory birds has been changed. The bands
>
> used to bear the address of the Washington Biological Survey,
>
> abbreviated
>
> Wash. Biol. Surv.
>
> until the agency received the following letter from an
> Arkansas camper:
>
> Dear Sirs:
> While camping last week I shot one of your birds. I think it
>
> was a crow. I followed the cooking instructions on the leg
> tag and I want to tell you it was horrible.
>
> The bands are now marked Fish and Wildlife Service.
>
> Kay "Eating Crow" Cavin
>
>
> -----




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