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Joe Faulkner <[log in to unmask]>
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Joe Faulkner <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 1 Apr 2014 17:17:28 -0400
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Fellow birders with and without a sense of humor,

     It appears that a reasonably harmless tradition on this list serve has
been stomped to death like a wounded pigeon on a New York side walk.  I
speak, of course, of the bazaar sightings and events often posted on April
1st by some of the veteran  birders on this list serve.  I personally
thought they were fun, and for the most part, quite harmless.  If a few
beginning and apparently gullible birders got fooled and chased something
that wasn't there, then too bad.  That's what April Fools Day is all about.
 I fooled several of you and my good friend Rick Taylor into believing that
my dog was eaten by a Great Horned Owl.  He stayed up all night trying to
figure out how to keep me from killing the owl, and called me a very bad
name when he found out the truth.  I got many sympathy emails about that
dog.  Rick and I are still friends, and the dog is fine.
     Please note that the well regarded NPR does a April Fools day story
every year, that fools a lot of people, including me.  Two of my birding
colleagues have already told me that they looked for April fools posts
today, and were disappointed when they didn't find any.
     As I recall the composition of this group, we are all mature (mostly)
adults(mostly) who can take a joke (mostly).  So, I am personally hoping
that next April 1, there will be a few more bazaar sightings and bazaar
events that fool a few gullible people.  If they are beginning birders,
they would still have access to calendars , and would know, just like the
rest of us, that it is April Fools Day.

Joe in the woods
Somerset, Ohio
Perry County

  By the way, I found a NESTING SNOWY OWL at the Perry County Wilds, but
chose not to post it.   Didn't want anyone driving down here and disturbing
the nesting owl.

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