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Re: Wings & prayers



Marsha Stephens wrote:
<Did anyone see the 11-17 Friday section of the News & Observer?  It had
an article entitled "Wings & prayers" which included a picture with an
interesting caption stating "Arctic swans feed amid ducks on a pond in
southern Wake County."  Seems to be Tundra swans with Canada geese.  The
N&O strikes again!>

Yep, beautiful photo, bad caption.  The pic showed the 2 Tundra Swans (aka
Arctic Swans) at Greenview pond surrounded by a group of Canada Geese (aka
"ducks").  I was tickled to find two mistakes in one sentence, but figured
it could have been worse.  The geese could have been printed up as
"Canadian Geese", thereby continuing that misnomer.   My main question at
this point is if I can go ahead and add a new species to my list right
between Tundra Swan and Mute Swan :-)

All jest aside, the article was nice and generally well-written.  Always
glad to see our feathered buddies getting some positive press!

Steve Shultz
Cary, NC




Will Cook <cwcook@duke.edu> on 12/20/99 01:39:29 PM

To:   carolinabirds@duke.edu
cc:
Subject:  Wings & prayers




aproved: pita
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 13:05:00 -0500
From: Marsha Stephens <stephens@mail.fpg.unc.edu>
To: carolinabirds <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Subject: Wings & prayers

Did anyone see the 11-17 Friday section of the News & Observer?  It had
an article entitled "Wings & prayers" which included a picture with an
interesting caption stating "Arctic swans feed amid ducks on a pond in
southern Wake County."  Seems to be Tundra swans with Canada geese.  The
N&O strikes again!

--
Marsha Stephens
Computer & Network Support Services
FPG Child Development Center
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 966-4183
marsha_stephens@unc.edu





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