Wayne,

I heard that same story, but the tag said "Wash. Biol. Surv."

Dennis


On Mar 15, 2012, at 1:12 PM, Wayne Weber wrote:

> Jeff,
>
> Your comments about ?crow recipes? remind of a story I read long ago (can?t remember where) about a rural resident somewhere in the eastern U.S. who had shot a crow with a metal leg-band, and subsequently cooked and ate the bird. In those days, supposedly, the metal bands, as well as a number on them, had the cryptic message ?WRITE BIOL SURV WASH? (for Biological Survey, Washington). At any rate, so the story goes, when a local ornithologist happened to talk to this fellow, the subject of the banded crow came up, and the rural resident stated: ?Well, sir, I washed it, bioled it, and surved it, but it still tasted like a dad-burned crow!?.
>
> Wayne C. Weber
> Delta, BC
> contopus at telus.net
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> From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of jeff gibson
> Sent: March-15-12 11:31 AM
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> That's because the first hit was 'Crow Busters' a site devoted to the doing in of Crows. It?s a Crow hunters site that seems to have really achieved subculture levels. I'm always amazed by the creativity of my fellow humans. 'Crow Blasters' might be an alternative name. I can't wait to get my hands on a magazine called 'Varmint Masters' ! These folks do seem to be on a real mission to damp down them black hordes. Seems a way bit overboard. A little short on respect. Whatever.
>
> At least they promote eating the birds, and do have Crow recipes. All I can say to them Collard Doves is "look out!" before somebody invents "Dove Busters".
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> Jeff Gibson
> Anchor Pub
> Everett Wa
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