Re: Mistakes, flubs, and other stomach-turners
Dave Pardoe (dpardoe@erols.com)
Thu, 24 Sep 1998 09:36:04 +0000
Norm Saunders wrote:
>
> Just to give you a feel for some of my better bloopers, about 6 months ago
> in the company of several excellent DNR birders and Paul Baicich of ABA I
> saw a distant bird chugging toward us. Immediately I yelled out BALD
> EAGLE! Of course the damn thing turned out to be a Great Blue Heron.
> Sigh.....
> Best,
> Norm Saunders
Along such lines about a year ago I was with a group of Audubon people
at the 950 acre Sheahan property near St Michael's which has been given
to Audubon. I was standing next to Audubon's president, John Flicker,
when someone spotted a white bird on the shore at quite a distance. They
said, What is that?; and I replied, Probably a gull. At which point it
took off and was clearly a Great Egret, Audubon's logo. John said, Dave,
You will have to work on that bird. I will also have to remember to use
my binoculars and not jump to quick conclusions. Humility is good for
the soul, they say.
Dave Pardoe