[mou] Re: Bloopers

[Warren Woessner]

Our house has a large window overlooking Minnehaha Creek. My non-birding
cousin was visiting and admiring the view when we saw a pure whitle
object in a tree a hundred yards or so away. I got my scope but I still
wasn't sure what it could be except for one of the white egrets - I
pronounced it a very good sighting for that part of the creek (but high
up in a tree?). Finally we got in the car to drive closer and the
mystery was revealed - it was an albino squirrel!
Warren

-----Original Message-----
From: mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu [mailto:mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu] On
Behalf Of Steve Weston
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 11:26 PM
To: Mou-net; mnbird; Birdchat
Subject: [mou] Re: Bloopers


The one blooper that my (non-birding) family will never let me forget:
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were driving on the highway in the suburbs of Minneapolis, when I spoted
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large bird perched on a fence post.  My initial ID's of some kind of
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no! an owl! ...  were met with prolonged laughter when we discovered a
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was a cat sitting on top of the post.  It is hard to travel that road
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my family without them snickering, even now, years later.   Birders are
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more forgetful and forgiving.

Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN
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