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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 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: We=20 were driving on the highway in the suburbs of Minneapolis, when I spoted a=20 large bird perched on a fence post. My initial ID's of some kind of hawk...=20 no! an owl! ... were met with prolonged laughter when we discovered a it=20 was a cat sitting on top of the post. It is hard to travel that road with=20 my family without them snickering, even now, years later. Birders are far=20 more forgetful and forgiving. Steve Weston on Quiggley Lake in Eagan, MN [email protected]=20 _______________________________________________ mou-net mailing list [email protected] http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net
