Hi Barbara and Tweets,

I have a story of a bird borrowing an item - it wasn't my property nor am I
the lead in the story but I was certainly witness to it. The names have
been changed to protect the innocent...........

Location: On an island somewhere off Tierra del Fuego...... Our lead
character, we'll call him Joe Smith, is a photographer who wanted a great
photo of one of the island's very inquisitive raptors. This Caracara, we'll
call him Johnny Rook, was known to be very bold and would always come and
check out any foreign object left unattended. Problem, Joe didn't have any
interesting objects on his person other than his $1,000 Leitz binoculars so
he took them off from around his neck and placed them on the ground. Joe
backed up and waited for the action. It only took several minutes before
Johnny came in to investigate. Joe was in heaven taking many photos at all
angles until Johnny started pecking at the wrong part of the bins. Joe
decided he had had enough and approached Johnny. Johnny, however, had
different plans and decided that he wasn't finished playing with the bins so
grabbed the bins by the strap and flew off. Of course, Johnny wasn't able
to gain much altitude so he only cleared the rocky ground by 6 inches or
so. He didn't have much time to think about things either since Joe was
chasing him with a stick calling out "Stop....Stop....!" The sound of
$1,000.00 binoculars being borrowed and bounced along rocky terrain for 30
yards by a raptor is somewhat sickening although one I couldn't turn my head
from.... Johnny: 1, Joe and his bins: yes for photos, no for perfect bins
- lenses were cracked and waaaaay out of alignment!

Keep those bins around your neck at all times.........

Jim
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Jim Danzenbaker
Battle Ground, WA
360-723-0345
jdanzenbaker at gmail.com


On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Barbara Deihl <barbdeihl at comcast.net>wrote:

> This story is for all the world-travelers, cat-lovers, photographers and
> probably even bird-watchers as well. Ever had a bird "borrow", play with
> and get bored with, or even return, an item of yours?
>
> A friend sent this to me. Enjoy.
>
> Barb Deihl
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> Barb,
>
> This is from our friends Jack and Rikki who still work with Lindblad
> leading photo expeditions.
>
> Rikki submitted her story to the Buckys people and of course they put it on
> their site...
>
> *http://ilovemybucky.com/2010/09/23/bye-bye-bucky-2/*
>
>
> Cheers !
>
> Lisa and Keith
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>
>
> Barb Deihl
>
> North Matthews Beach - Seattle
>
> barbdeihl at comcast.net
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