That reminds me of a (slightly) funny story. Some years ago I had to go to Tulsa on business. I'd never been to that part of the country before, and really wanted to see a Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher (the state bird!). But I didn't see one, and I kept not seeing one, and was telling the cab driver about my frustration on the way to the airport; when —* mirabile dictu* — I finally saw one perched on the chain-link fence outside the airport. I got very excited, which made the cab driver protest, "Hey lady, it's not like it's the Amazon!"
I feel like rushing all the way across town to see if I can see this striking bird. Enjoy him if you see him! Robin On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 3:13 PM, John Greenly <[email protected]> wrote: > The dregs of this tropical storm appear to have brought us more than rain- > I was just shown a very clear cell-phone photo of a SCISSOR-TAILED > FLYCATCHER perched on a horizontal wire, said to have been taken just a few > minutes ago on the grounds at Sterling House of Ithaca, which is on Bundy Rd > just off 96, on the left on the way up to the hospital. It is a retirement > community, I don't know anything about the situation for public access. > > --John Greenly > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.**com/CayugabirdsWELCOME<http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > http://www.NortheastBirding.**com/CayugabirdsRULES<http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > http://www.NortheastBirding.**com/**CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurat** > ionLeave.htm<http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > > ARCHIVES: > 1) > http://www.mail-archive.com/**[email protected]/**maillist.html<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > 2) > http://www.surfbirds.com/**birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > 3) > http://birdingonthe.net/**mailinglists/CAYU.html<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/**ebird/ <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > > -- > -- "The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion." — Thomas Paine -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
