In <A HREF="http://www.utahbirds.org/BirdStory.htm">A Bird Story from
Cyberspace sent our way by Glenn Barlow</A> it so states:

> ... Once they identified the thief, they found over $4000 in quarters on
the
> roof of the car wash and more under a nearby tree....

WHAT!!!! .....
Now wait just a g.d. minute!! $4000 amounts to 16,000 quarters!!! And, just
for the sake of argument, say only one bird was hauling away quarters at the
[rather brisk] rate of 1 per minute for a full 12 hours a day (that would be
a very busy busy Starling ... there were in fact multiple conspirators taking
up to 3 coins at a time), that would amount to 720 quarters per day over a 22
day period. Indeed, a very busy busy and surely exhausted Starling. [1 coin
per 2 minutes = 360/day for 44 days, or 1 coin per 3 minutes = 240/day for 66
days, etc.... still a bunch of busy busy birdies in my book]. These birds
must have been completely and totally obsessed, sick, and out of control.
When did they even find time to eat and poop and annoy and all the other
'cuddly' little things Starlings do? Don't they have families to raise or
are they being just plain irresponsible?? So many questions, so few answers.

BTW, how much does 16,000 quarters weigh???? Not only are these clever
Starlings, they must be power lifters to boot ... and in mighty good and
enviable shape I might add. Just what in the hell were these Starlings
planning to do with all the loot? And why did it take so long for someone to
notice or figure out that there were 'birds' rooting & looting around in the
money machine? Good Lord, what an amazing story! If in fact true, then this
tale should be headed for the pages of Ripley.

<A HREF="http://www.utahbirds.org/BirdStory.htm">A Bird Story from
Cyberspace sent our way by Glenn Barlow</A>
http://www.utahbirds.org/BirdStory.htm

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Richard Rowlett
Bellevue (Eastgate), WA, USA

"Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what
nobody has thought" --Albert Szent-Gyorgi (1893-1986).
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