Subject: [Tweeters] A Rainy Day Bird ID Game - Day 3
Date: Fri Nov 20 06:46:00 PST 2020
From: Stephen Chase - schasecredo at gmail.com

Thanks for playing along, Tweeters. It has been all sorts of fun
interacting with so many of you about these. Below you can find yesterday's
set of sentences with their relevant IDs.
Stephen Chase
Everson

*Did you hear the news? A sinkhole destroyed the whole farm! **Barn Swallow*

*He was glad to hear that it would only be a minor heart procedure.*
(credit to Mitchell Von Rotz) *Little Stint*

*James Hetfield has got to be the most famous heavy metal singer from the
Golden State. **California Thrasher*

*The Yankee went north to Canada chasing some rare birds - and found none
at all! **American Dipper*

*There's only one place to cook a turkey, and it's NOT in a deep fryer!*
(credit to Michael Hobbs) *Ovenbird*

*The Bond film I bought was probably the most frequent edition available on
the market. **Common Goldeneye*

*The star right-fielder was a regular presence on Facebook.* (credit to
Melissa Rogers) *Social Flycatcher*

*If you think high elevation causes people to act strangely, you should see
the effect of a long winter at high latitudes. **Arctic Loon*

On Thu, 19 Nov 2020 at 06:43, Stephen Chase <schasecredo at gmail.com> wrote:


> Hi again Tweeters,

>

> Well, eBird is apparently back up early and Saturday's forecast looks

> promising, at least here in Whatcom County. So here is my final set of

> sentences. Answers will come tomorrow morning around this time.

>

> *Did you hear the news? A sinkhole destroyed the whole farm!*

>

> *He was glad to hear that it would only be a minor heart procedure.*

> (credit to Mitchell Von Rotz)

>

> *James Hetfield has got to be the most famous heavy metal singer from the

> Golden State.*

>

> *The Yankee went north to Canada chasing some rare birds - and found none

> at all!*

>

> *There's only one place to cook a turkey, and it's NOT in a deep fryer!*

> (credit to Michael Hobbs)

>

> *The Bond film I bought was probably the most frequent edition available

> on the market.*

>

> *The star right-fielder was a regular presence on Facebook.* (credit to

> Melissa Rogers)

>

> *If you think high elevation causes people to act strangely, you should

> see the effect of a long winter at high latitudes.*

>

> As previously, the birds implied in the above sentences are common English

> names of birds on the current ABA checklist. Below you can find yesterday's

> answers.

>

> *I was next in line to crawl up the chimney. **Sooty Tern*

>

> *All aboard! This train goes to Richmond. (credit to Melissa Rogers) **Virginia

> Rail*

>

> *The clown finally made the connection between his antics and the

> plummeting attendance at his shows. Bobolink (slightly mispronounced)*

>

> *I heard about your cousin. How long will it take for his ankle to heal? *

> *Limpkin*

>

> *After 300 miles, the track dead-ends in northern Scandinavia.*

> * Lapland Longspur*

>

> *You know, that's just what hunters do. (credit to Mitchell Von Rotz)**

> Killdeer*

>

> *We don't want to buy it, and we don't want to lease it, so what do we do?

> (credit to Gary Bletsch)** Wrentit*

>

> *Well, that's what I do for fun when I visit Bulgaria. **Eurasian Hobby*

>

> *Wow! You really know how to tie the half hitch! **Great Knot*

> I hope you enjoy this final round of sentences.

> Stephen Chase

> Everson

>

>

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