Ken Moon wrote:
"Arch" wrote in message
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Hi Tom, Good report. Another coloUrful sub-species, the 'Birds of
Summer' can be seen here and in Arizona in Spring and later in big
cities all over the U.S. and Canada. Sadly extinct in Montreal, they are
flourishing in the hot air of D.C. Instead of thongs they wear jock
straps which require constant adjustment under their numbered plumage
capped with billed crests. They are usually seen flocking around around
home plates spitting tobacco juice. Swinging a plugged spindle, they
chirp their characteristic cry, "Iwantmoremoney-Iwaantmooremooney"

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Arch,
About this time of the year, the Great Northern Snow birds begin to appear
in the lower Rio Grande Valley. The locals there compare them to hemmoroids
(sp?). They say if they come and leave, they're bearable; but if they come
and stay, they're a pain in the ass! :-)

They love the Bosque del Apache game refuge there. An excellent place
to view birds and critters all year round. Then a greenchili
cheeseburger at the original Owl Cafe in San Antonio, NM...
John