Date:         Mon, 7 Aug 2000 23:17:30 EDT
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From:         William Leigh <LeighTern@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Falconer's  Sandhill Crane
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<Maybe it is an escaped falconer's bird.  Was it wearing jesses or bells?  I
hear frog hunting is real popular with the falconry community down south.

such an inspiring scene:  the mighty hunter with his trusty crane on his fist
stalking the early morning marshes of the Chesapeake By...

Steve Huy>

Steve,

Yeah ,,, I know several Falconers that love Frog legs as a respite from
overprocessed Chicken with its antibiotic saturated side effects that the
rest of us eat week in week out.

What's more I know  more than one Falconer who would give anything to own a
Crane such as this. They say Cranes are suprisingly  easy to train,  but you
really have to watch out for that  dagger like bill.


Leightern@aol.com

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