Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 12:58:11 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Gary A Griffith Subject: Re: addled eggs MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Harvey, I don't know if this is the specifically correct answer, but a friend who addles goose eggs (with a permit, save the flames) as an environmental consultant just pickes 'em up and gives 'em a good shake. In our house we call this scrambling. In any case, I think the idea is to render the eggs infertile/unhatchable (whatever) by destroying the integrity of the contents. Best, Gary A. Griffith 55 Sarah Dr Elkton, MD 21921 USA garygriffith@mris.com -----Original Message----- From: Harvey Mudd To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 12:00 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] addled eggs >A friend, having read in a recent MOS publication (? The Yellowthroat) of >possible plans to "addle" the eggs of Mute Swans, pressed me to tell him >exactly what addling is. My dictionary is of little help, defining addle >(the verb form) as: "1. to become rotten. 2. to become confused". Can >anyone help out with a more precise description of the process of addling >so that my friend and I do not have our brains further addled? > >Harvey Mudd > > >____________________________________ > >S. Harvey Mudd >NIMH/DIRP/LMB >Building 36, Room 1B-08 >36 CONVENT DR MSC 4034 >BETHESDA MD 20892-4034 >tel: 301-496-0681; fax 301-402-0245 >email: shm@codon.nih.gov > >========================= ================================================ >To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey >========================= ================================================ ========================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ========================================================================= ===========================================================================