Dear Tweeters,

One oddity that comes of the capitalization of bird
names is that, when other groups of organisms don't
get the same treatment,it makes for a strange-looking
construction. Thus, we might see a sentence in which
"a Long-eared Owl catches an oldfield mouse," or one
in which "an Osprey eats a bluegill," or maybe "a
White-crowned Sparrow perches on some reed canary
grass."




Yours truly,

Gary Bletsch

near Lyman (Skagit County), Washington

garybletsch at yahoo.com


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