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["Nelda Snyder" <snyderfolks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wonderful!  Thanks for sharing that delightful moment, Jim.

Nelda


> [Original Message]
> From: Jim Blowers <jimvb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 11/23/2005 8:13:04 PM
> Subject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Mockingbird sings for me
>
> Once when coming to work at Ft Lee some years ago, I found a mockingbird
> standing on a bush next to me. I whistled at it, something like da de du
> over and over again. It answered me every time and pretty soon it started
> going da de du as well. I continued this some time until a woman came up
to
> me and asked "Are you talking to it?" I was so close to the bird that I
> could see its throat vibrate when it chirped.
>
> Jim Blowers
> "beyond"
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: va-richmond-general-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:va-richmond-general-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Diane
Bumpass
> Sent: Wednesday, 2005 November 23 17:57
> To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [va-richmond-general] Mockingbird sings for me
>
> It's not an unusual bird or even a great picture, but this morning this
> mockingbird sat on this sign just a couple of feet from the sidewalk and
> sang for me and anyone else who walked by.
>
> Diane Bumpass
>
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