Subject: TV birding
Date: Jun 20 13:48:25 1999
From: S. Downes - sdownes at u.washington.edu


I had to comment on this as Ken hosted a group of us on our recent trip to
Yellowstone for studies on the ecology of the area. If you get a chance do
watch the show as it is very informative as he is extremely knowledgable,
but also a kick to listen to. I have fond memories of him describing the
ins and outs of the mechanics of bird flights, wih every third word being
"god thats just so sexy". He is also the nicest host as he opened his
house for grub and sleeping to most of the people he had met for the first
time.

Scott Downes
sdownes at u.washington.edu
Seattle WA

"Birds don't read bird books. (That's why they are seen doing things they
are not supposed to do)." -Mary Wood


On Sun, 20 Jun 1999, Rahne Kirkham wrote:

> Speaking of television birding, Anyone else out there watch All Bird TV on
> Animal Planet? It's a half hour with ornithologist, Ken Dial as he birds all
> around the world. He's just one crazy funny twitch but the show is very
> informative and you get to see some pretty great birds.
> Rahne
> Federal Way
> "Time is just the stream I go a'fishin' in."
>
> Henry David Thoreau
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jim McCoy <jfmccoy at earthlink.net>
> To: 'Tweeters' <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 1999 3:50 AM
> Subject: TV birding
>
>
> > TV as in television, not turkey vultures.
> >
> > Has anyone seen the latest Planters ad? The "plot" is that three guys
> spot
> > an acorn woodpecker, which one of them confidently identifies as
> > "Dryocopus pileatus". They consider offering it some of their Planters
> > peanuts, but one of them says that woodpeckers don't eat peanuts. Our
> > avian hero proceeds to peck a silhouette of the Planters peanut man out
> > of a wall. It's a variation of an earlier commercial done with a beaver.
> >
> > In case you didn't already know or haven't divined it, the Latin name
> > applies
> > to the pileated woodpecker. Close, by television standards of accuracy...
> >
> > Jim McCoy
> > jfmccoy at earthlink.net
> > Redmond, WA
> >
> >
> >
>
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