[obol] Re: Fwd: Seabird at mouth of Deschutes River
- From: "Tom Crabtree" <tc@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <suzantmurphy@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 09:32:22 -0800
Suzy,
You are right it is best to report on possibilities. I don’t think most or
even many people assumed you were texting while driving any more than we assume
that every message on OBOL is composed in that fashion. You were the
unfortunate victim of someone who jumped to an erroneous conclusion. Keep the
reports coming and go catch up on your sleep.
Tom
From: obol-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:obol-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Alan Contreras
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2014 7:26 AM
To: suzantmurphy@xxxxxxx
Cc: OBOL
Subject: [obol] Re: Fwd: Seabird at mouth of Deschutes River
Good job. It is always better to report a "maybe" so others can check it out.
somehow I doubted that you were steering with your toes.
Alan Contreras
Eugene, Oregon
acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx
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On Jul 25, 2014, at 8:13 AM, "Susan T. Murphy" <suzantmurphy@xxxxxxx> wrote:
late posting:
Subject: Seabird at mouth of Deschutes River
Yesterday around 10.30 am what looked me as a seabird flew in front of my
vehicle on I84W at close range from the mouth of the Deschutes towards the
Columbia River. It was a white bird with long narrow pointed wings that had a
band of sharply contrasting black that seemed to go the length of the wing. My
look was very brief as driving, but my attention was drawn to the long white
streaming tail feathers, i would estimate several inches long. Now that i am
home, it looks to me a possible Red-billed tropic bird. Don't know if one ever
seen this far north or this far inland. It struck me as very unusual and in the
obol spirit of making information available, i had my passenger send notice to
someone who could get the word out. I am not a nut, altho i did make a joke
about hallucinating after several days of driving.
I have seen tropicbirds before, but in recent years, and the possibility was
not on my radar with the initial report. I didnt think it was required to be
certain of a sighting to report the possibility. I didn't think i had to
explain who was sending notice for me either, but am doing so to clarify my
sighting details and to end any questions about my driving safety. If anyone
in the area, they may want to keep an eye out for this bird. suzy
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