On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 07:52:12 US/Eastern, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Very nice Ken. > I like the misty / foggy / sleety background. Gives a nice shilloette<sp> effect. > > I try and do stuff like this with the local Canadian gees around here,but Frank > thinks > they are flying > rats, so i dont show him them anymore..LOL >
This is the last time I'm going to say this on this list (okay, it's not, I'll say it every time someone makes this eggregious error): All geese that live in Canada can be referred to as Canadian geese. The species of goose to which you refer is the Canada Goose (branta canadensis). Not the Canadian Goose. Canada Goose. Now that we have that straight, I may have modified my "flying rats" position somewhat. I'm kind of softening the former hardline position, such that I am moving in the direction of only considering them vermin whilst they are on land, chasing, honking at and scaring our children, and soiling our parks, golf courses and other green spaces intended for human use. They're okay when they're flying. Quite majestic, actually. Especially when they're flying south (ie: away from Canada) <vbg> cheers, frank, who doesn't much like any geese, let alone Canada Geese -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
