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inside jokes for birders



>From a question and answer column by Roger Ebert:

Q. In a scene from the new James Bond movie, "Die Another Day," I believe I
saw Bond pick up "A Field Guide to Birds of the West Indies". It is a
well-known fact that Ian Fleming took the name of one of the authors of this
book, James Bond, and used it to name his secret agent that would later
acquire worldwide fame as a film franchise. Is this an unbelievable
coincidence, an intended homage, or am I incorrect in my information or just
seeing things?

Daniel Robinson, Scarsdale, N.Y.

A. No, yes, and you are not.

I havent seen the movie but JB apparently poses as an ornithologist at one
point.

Bruce Young
bruce.young@edtsi.com
Durham, NC