Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 12:23:50 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Chris Starling Subject: Re: Bird Quotes: Re: MDOSPREY Digest - 12 Feb 2004 to 13 Feb 2004 (#2004-27) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed How does one pronounce "Phainalyxia"....Maybe a better question would be How does one spel it? Serious inquery here... :o)? -Chris Starling beltedkingfisherchris@hotmail.com >From: "Laura M. Appelbaum" >Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding >To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM >Subject: [MDOSPREY] Bird Quotes: Re: MDOSPREY Digest - 12 Feb 2004 to >13 Feb 2004 (#2004-27) >Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 17:04:49 -0500 > >If I had any sense, I probably wouldn't contribute this one, because it >makes me look like an idiot, but then, as the story reveals, I >obviously >*am* an idiot, so ... > >In 1995 my husband and I were on vacation in the Anzo-Borrego Desert, >4-wheeling, hiking and birding. I'd only been to California once >before, and that was before I was a birder, so I tried to study up on >the plane on the flight over by looking at all the names and pictures >in my Peterson's Western Bird Guide. One small oasis we hit at the end >of the afternoon was particularly birdy. There, flying from a tree to >a prominent shrub was a bird that looked like a black Cardinal, which I >recognized immediately from the guide. Problem was, the name was a >little less easy to recall. "Look!" I cried out, "it's the >Spanakopita!" > >Laura Appelbaum, >Cloverly, MD > >======================================================================= >To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey >======================================================================= _________________________________________________________________ Store more e-mails with MSN Hotmail Extra Storage ? 4 plans to choose from! http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200362ave/direct/01/ ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================