Dan,  thanks for the patriotic birder's song!  My two very musical kids, 13 and 10, decided to do a living-room rendition for me.  It was totally wonderful ... if I can catch them at it again, I'll get it on tape.   

Joanne






-----Original Message-----
From: Leo Weigant <>
To: 
Sent: Wed, Jun 9, 2010 8:42 pm
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Evening search?


Say, Dan, I know you're a professional songwriter, 
  but there's something vaguely familiar about 
  these lyrics. Aren't you worried about a 
  copyright infringement problem? 
 
  Or is it, could it be, something in the Public Domain? 
  I'll let you know if it occurs to me. Might take a while 
  since I'm laughing so . . . 
 
  Leo 
 
On Jun 9, 2010, at 6:35 PM, Dan Haas wrote: 
 
> Birders, 
> 
> Oh, say, did anyone see, by the evening's last light (a GRAY > KINGBIRD)? 
> What so proudly you might've searched at the twilight's last > gleaming... 
> Whose broad bill and overall lighter coloration, thru the perilous > flight, 
> O'er the ramparts we searched, were only Eastern Kingbirds > gallantly feeding. 
> And the binoculars bright glare, the scopes scanning the air, 
> Gave proof through until maybe tonight that our bird was still there? 
> O say, does that rare flycatcher yet graze? 
> O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? 
> 
> In other words, if the bird was relocated, do tell! It's the patriotic 
> thing to do. 
> 
> Dan Haas 
> West Annapolis, MD 
>