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Re: Blue Grosbeak
- To: agripest@intrex.net
- Subject: Re: Blue Grosbeak
- From: Alex Netherton <danetherton@juno.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 18:46:14 -0400
- Cc: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Was he reading Das Kapital and carrying a picture of Vladimir Lenin?
I was at the Wal-Mart in Spruce Pine today, and heard a bird making a
"peent" sound, sort of like a Nighthawk, but not quite. Was I hearing a
Kingbird, or just some good mimic?
On Thu, 20 Apr 2000 22:16:56 -0400 "agripest" <agripest@intrex.net>
writes:
> Saw my first Blue Grosbeak of the year on Tuesday and he was back at
> my
> feeders today. I usually see Grosbeaks in the weedy field next door,
> but
> that plot has had a house built on it in the past year, and the
> owner mows
> the 21/2 acres with a vengeance. I really hated to see him "tamed"
> at my
> feeders. I prefer seeing him perched on last year's dead weeds,
> singing his
> heart out.
>
> Jean Ells
> Zebulon
>
Alex Netherton
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