I had to pass this along to the list.
Larry Lade

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From: "Donna & Herb Chance" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 10:02 AM
Subject: Congrats


>
>
> Hi Larry,
> Hope you're taking the morning off for a change.  I'm so glad everybody
> concurred on the stint.  You are a heavy hitter in bird-dom. I was
wondering
> which direction the stint went and found this on the AR list:
>
> I've kept compass directions at quite a few shorebird havens around the
> mid-south. At most sites a great percentage of birds go off site to roost.
> You have to stay till dark. The majority of migrating shorebirds start
> leaving about 30 minutes before sunset. The birds going to roost sometimes
> go to open cleared fields and here along the Mississippi River a lot go
out
> to sandbars. With the birds going to roost, the majority leave at last
> light.
> There may be some overlap and you see birds leaving in two different
> direction at the same time. These off site roost areas can be in any
> direction but each site has a favored direction. Some birds over night on
> site but usually if you stay late you will see these 2 distinct movements.
> The migrating birds will call and circle considerably more and the roost
> birds will call very little and be more direct in flight. Also the roost
> birds return before daylight and it is a thrill to be there in the dark
and
> hear the wings whistle as they return.
>
> My spending a lot of time watching different sites, gives me the
opportunity
> to keep up with individual birds, be they unusual by species, singles of a
> species or distinctively marked birds. I like to put the birds to sleep at
a
> location and return in the morning and see what took place in the shuffle.
> By watching these birds leave in the afternoon you can predict if they
will
> be back the following day but southeast is the direction of no return at
> every site that I know here in the mid-south. I've watched more than one
> rarity wing away never to be seen again; it is almost like losing a close
> friend.
>
> Take a compass with you next time you go to your favorite shorebird spot
and
> let these "Wind Birds" show you how smart they are. They have taught me a
> lot about how predictable they really can be; How to tell new arrivals
from
> old hands, who's going to migrate and who's staying, how each action or
> reaction has a purpose or reason to be figured out and in each lesson a
> rewarding revelation.
>
> Good Birding!!!
>
> Jeff R. Wilson
> OL' COOT / TLBA
> Bartlett Tenn.
>
> And this, also from Arkansas from a birder friend:
>
>
> A blonde named Barbara appeared on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire...
>
> Regis: "Barbara, you've done very well so far - $500,000 and one
> lifeline left.  The next question will give you the million dollars
> if you get it right ...  but if you get it wrong you will drop back
> to $32,000 -- are you ready?"
>
> Barbara: "Sure I'll have a go."
>
> Regis: "Which of the following birds does not build it's own nest?
> Is it...
>
> A-Robin B-Sparrow C-Cuckoo D-Thrush "Remember, Barbara, it's worth 1
> million dollars."
>
> Barbara: "It's a cuckoo."
>
> Regis: "You're sure?  You can walk with the $500,000 or play on for
> the million."
>
> Barbara: "I want to play, I'll go with C - Cuckoo."
>
> Regis: "Is that your final answer?"
>
> Barbara: "It is."
>
> Regis: "Are you confident?"
>
> Barbara: "Absolutely!"
>
> Regis: "Barbara.....you had $500,000 and you said C -Cuckoo.
> Well...you're right!  - You have just won ONE MILLION DOLLARS Here
> is your check.  You have been a great contestant and a real gambler.
> Audience please put your hands together for Barbara."
>
> That night Barbara calls her friend Carol and they go to a local bar
> for a celebration drink.  As they are sipping their champagne.
> Carol turns to Barbara and asks, "Tell me, how did you know that it
> was the cuckoo that does not build its own nest?"
>
> "It was so simple," Barbara replied, "Everybody knows that cuckoos
> live in clocks."
>                                (EG)
>
> Donna
>
>
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