I am writing in defense of humor. We need more of it these days. Maybe it's
because I'm not yet a serious birder, but I took the jink piece to be very
lighthearted, and it made me laugh. I look forward to more birding comedy in
future posts.
Maria Dolan
midsea at accessone.com
Seattle, WA

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>From: "Scott G. Downes" <DownesS at cwu.EDU>
>To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
>Subject: Re:Tropical Kingbird remains - jinx bird, not hardly!!
>Date: Wed, Oct 31, 2001, 10:55 AM
>

> Tweets,
> Before we get into a huge situation, please allow me to clarify a few
> things. First I was just expressing my happiness of finally getting a bird
> that I had tried many times for, I used the word jinx to describe it. You
> may call it a jinx or not, it makes no difference to me. Also please don't
> jump on Denny too fast as I did talk with him and it was purely an essay to
> express opnions and humor, it had no malice intended.
>
> I hope this clears it up.
>
> Thanks and good birding,
>
> Scott Downes
> downess at cwu.edu
> Ellensburg WA
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