Douglas F. Daily
Seattle, wASH

Mt st helens is gonna blow again

On Mon, 24 May 1999 MBlanchrd at aol.com wrote:
>
> Due to the lack of time and the gorgeous weather we had this past weekend,
> I stayed out of the "does a heard bird count on one's lifelist." fracas. (I
> believe it does, by the way.)

If we believe in one dimension, we have a dot.
If we believe in two dimensions, we have line.
If we believe in three dimensions, we have a box.

I am not arguing with people who count 'heard' birds on their life lists.
but i have been corrected enough on tweeters to know AND
in real life to know that
one point (sound only) is a point to impale you.
two points, means you may get lazy and fall asleep, but you
might be correct
three point means ' you've got that little sucker boxed in,
gotta be SOME kind of flycatcher,
'cause it's gray."

THEN on the other hand, a good imitation is as good as the real thing.
except for ice cream. (79 degrees makes my tomatoes happy)

> Today, at work, I had demonstrated to me the value of being able to
> identify birds solely by their songs. I had my office window open..of
> course! it was what, 79 degrees??? Next to my window is a clump of oaks.I had
> the following birds singing to me as I worked at my desk: