>>Having taught myself to fly radio-controlled sailplanes years ago by
>>observing the behavior of local soaring raptors and spent some time around
>>bald eagles in the Pacific Northwest before that, I can confirm how rarely
>>these birds speak.
>
>Exactly. It's not something you read in a book--probably Churchill's
>weakness. I only caught onto it because I spent a year working with
>birds of prey at the Raptor Institute.
Bzzzt. Hummmm. Fzzzt. Squeee. Maybe I was wrong about my
responses last week in the thread on mailing list quality. I have just
recently noticed a lot of noise coming through with the signal. No offense
(as usual) to Greg or Kathryn, but are the vocal utterances --and the rarity
of these utterances-- of eagles truly relevant to the extropian ML???? I'm
sure Churchill was just making a point. No need to crow over it. It has a
tendency to ruffle one's feathers. :-)
Cock-a-doodle-doo!
-E. Shaun Russell
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E. Shaun Russell Extropian poet\musician
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