Hi, Tweets

My first bird for 2002 was a varied thrush, followed closely by the
Steller's gang and the crows.

I spent New Year's Day seeing "The Lord of the Rings" for the third time.
In this day and age, and with my relative naivety regarding computerized
images (what fun sorting out the real vs the computerized owls in "Harry
Potter"!) - I digress - I am wondering about two "birds" in the Ring. When
the eagle, Landroval, rescues Gandolph from the tower, it is very obviously
computerized, but then one sees it a moment later and it is flying free and
looks like a real eagle to me. Second, when Frodo and the gang are heading
down the river, late in the movie, and pass the two giant pillars, two
birds fly out calling, and from what looks like a nest in the statue. Real
or computerized?? I haven't been to New Zealand, so don't know quite what
to think. Any comments?

Happy New Year everyone . . .

Cheers, Diann
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Olympic Vulture Study
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