As someone who grew up in Minnesota as a non-birder this makes perfect
sense to me.

Russ Koppendrayer
Longview, WA

On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 8:13 AM Marv Breece <marvbreece at q.com> wrote:


> Just gotta share this.

>

> A few years ago, my sister & brother-in-law moved from Bellingham to

> Maine. Recently they learned of a Great Black Hawk in Portland (Maine) and

> drove there to see it. They had great looks at the bird. They sent me the

> following from a local Facebook group.

>

> "Went to Portland cause I heard The Great Black Hawk was there. I totally

> thought I was going to meet Stan Mikita...the greatest Black Hawk to lace

> up a pair of hockey skates. Apparently I was wrong and it was just some

> bird from away. I named him Stan so I could consider the morning a win !"

>

>

> --

> Marv Breece

> Tukwila, WA

> marvbreece at q.com

>

> "what are the costs to a society of an entire population conditioned to

> spend so much of their waking lives not in concentration and focus but

> rather in fragmentary awareness and subject to constant interruption?" -

> The Attention Merchants by Tim Wu

>

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