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Re: a hawk from a handsaw?












R. Bierregaard queried:
OK, C-birders. Birds in literature quiz time. Where's this quote from and what does it mean? ("a hawk from a handsaw")

it's from Shakespeare's Hamlet (YUUUCK! you're dredging up wretched high school memories!!), and my quick research indicates 'handsaw' is another term for 'heron' in that day and time -- the quote referring to being able to identify a hawk from a heron in flight. WHAT DO I WIN???? : - )

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**Rob Gluck......... Chapel Hill,NC......... thrush@hotmail.com




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