Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 15:12:28 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sherry Peruzzi Subject: Re: Birds on screen MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Janet, thank you for sharing that ... what a great article! It took some effort to find, because (at least on my screen) the URL you posted wrapped to the next line, so the last three characters were missing and I got a page not found message. When I figured out what happened I was able to find the article. I'll post a link again and hope it will work this time, because that article is really worth reading! http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2002/06/13/ornithology/ Sherry Janet Millenson wrote: > 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 ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================