UNDERNEWS: Shop talk

January 8, 2015

Shop talk

An hour and a half ago, for the first time I can remember, an eagle (upper left) found refuge just 75 feet from my office window. It finally got bored and just moved off but not before I felt renewed gratitude that Ben Franklin had failed to make the turkey our national bird. - Sam

5 comments:

Anonymous said...: I don't know... turkeys taste much better.; January 8, 2015 at 2:21 PM
Bill Bolivia said...: Bald Eagle, eh, Sam?; January 8, 2015 at 3:46 PM
greg gerritt said...: The Bald Eagle, proof that the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Clean Air Act work. I have lived in Providence for 18 years, and the eagles grow more numerous through the years.; January 9, 2015 at 4:55 PM
Anonymous said...: Switch the birds, eh? Serve 'em Turkey instead of Eagle... I guess we could stuff some old bread in it to make it look a little fatter. (Stan Freeberg got it right); January 10, 2015 at 12:00 PM
tal said...: Add the banning of DDT.; January 10, 2015 at 2:09 PM

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