Dave, Thanks again for bringing humor and laughs to the bird watching world! Carol Kampert
On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 11:03 AM, DAVID A LEATHERMAN <[email protected]> wrote: > By my calculations, so far birds are 4 for 7 in the survive-and-advance > food web world of the NCAA men's basketball tourney. > > Duke Blue Devils beat the University of North Carolina-Wilmington > *Seahawks*. L > > Kansas* Jayhawks* beat the Austin Peay Governors. W > > Iowa *Hawkeyes* beat the Temple *Owls*. W and L > > Texas A&M Aggies beat the Green Bay *Phoenix* (OK, so its just a > mythical bird but....) L > > St. Joseph's *Eagles* beat the Cincinnati Bearcats. W > > Oregon *Ducks* beat the Holy Cross Crusaders W > > *Jayhawks* (vs. the U of Connecticut Huskies) , *Hawkeyes* (vs. the > Villanova Wildcats), *Ducks* (vs. the St. Joseph's *Eagles*) and Eagles > (vs. the Oregon *Ducks*) continue to forage this weekend. These clashes > will not be for the light-hearted, and we should expect lots of feathers > and bones on the court games' end. I predict the Jayhawks and Ducks will > prevail over their dog and eagle foes. Will be surprised if the hawkeyes > can beat a wild cat, even though the game is being played indoors. Indoor > cats don't kill nearly as many birds as studies show outdoor cats do (an > average of 33/year!). It the refs allow bells on the necks of the > Villanova players, maybe the Iowa birds have a chance. We shall see. > > On the women's side, so far it's birds 2 out of 3. > > Louisville *Cardinals* pecked the Central Arkansas Bears. W > > Tennesse Lady Vols extinguished the U of Wisconsin-Green Bay *Phoenix*. > L > > South Carolina *Gamecocks *(hens?) surprisingly halixed the Jacksonville > Jaguars. W > > The Cardinals and Gamehens would seem to be underwomaned in their upcoming > games against the (DePaul) Blue Demons and (Kansas State) Wildcats, > respectively, but I've learned from studying nests, never underestimate the > tenacity and will of female birds. > > Dave Leatherman > Fort Collins > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/SNT148-W707CF7E08824F9F18F1780C18D0%40phx.gbl > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/SNT148-W707CF7E08824F9F18F1780C18D0%40phx.gbl?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAGdTUTZJ9ssN7uwSdB2KXnN_whyaGfCoza5s8Beu4eXWeqYKxA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
