From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Wed Sep 3 21:36:58 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h844Z07t027766 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 3 Sep 2003 21:35:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net (scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.49]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h844VxB6027689 for <[[email protected]]>; Wed, 3 Sep 2003 21:32:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from user-vcaumt1.dsl.mindspring.com ([216.175.91.161] helo=pavilion.earthlink.net) by scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 19ulmm-0004ot-00 for [[email protected]]; Wed, 03 Sep 2003 21:31:56 -0700 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 21:42:35 -0700 To: [[email protected]] From: Bill Bousman <[[email protected]]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [SBB] Lost in the stacks X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2+ Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Folks: On occasions I find myself going through musty old journals, looking for a nugget of birding lore from a century ago. Mostly, it is just a different place to catch some ZZZs. Every once and a while, something comes along with a different flavor, such as this unsigned comment in the Oologist of 1877 (probably from the editor S. L Willard): "We are pleased to know that the introduction of the English Starling in the Central Park, New York City, has received favorable recognition. If by some means this bird could replace the Sparrow, concerning which so much has been said, pro and con, the country at large would doubtless appreciate the change." [Oologist. March 1877, p. 7] The "Sparrow," of course, refers to the House Sparrow, which at that time still had many defenders. Hubris is not a recent invention, but then you knew that. Bill _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]