Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:35:50 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Jerry and Laura Tarbell Subject: Re: Birds on screen MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My favorite was always the wood thrush singing in the background at JR Ewing's ranch in Texas. It might have been believable except for the carefully manicured lawns. Sometimes I think these things are done deliberately to annoy us. Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet Millenson" To: Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 10:55 AM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Birds on screen > For an amusing essay that expresses a frustration we've all felt, read "The > birds of Hollywood: an unnatural history" on the Salon website > today(http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2002/06/13/ornithology/index.h > tml). Of course the article only has room to mention a few egregious > examples of how what's on screen -- e.g., loon calls in suburbia -- bears no > resemblance to ornithological reality. (Remember the recent golf tournament > soundtrack scandal?) > > Personally, it drives me nuts when Turkey Vultures are portrayed as > screaming like hawks. Also, many years ago there was some silly Marlo Thomas > romantic comedy on TV about birdwatchers. At a supposed birders' > get-together in the south (Carolinas?) in spring or early summer, a > stereotypically goofy-looking birder pops her head in the door at one point > and announces, "It's midnight! Perfect time for Snowy Owls!" AARRGHHHH!! > > Janet Millenson > Potomac, MD > janet@twocrows.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > "Look at the birds!" -- Pascal the parrot > > ======================================================================= > 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================