Someone used this euphemism in the discussion of what various birds taste like. TWRA and other hunter groups are trying to convince us that we "harvest" game. I think that's so mom will let dad take her 10-year-old out with a high-powered rifle to kill a deer, when he's really at the age when he should be hunting rabbits with a .22. ( or bank fishing, or birding with binoculars). As a style matter on the outdoors page of the Johnson City Press, any mention of "harvest" that doesn't apply to grain is changed to "kill". When the news department used to write the obituaries, people "died", they did not pass away or go to sleep with Jesus like they do now that obits are paid ads. Ornithologists who have collected specimens usually end up eating the remains after skinning what they have taken with their fowling piece. Nothing quite like a bowl of Harpy Eagle stew to go with your study skin, or so I've been told. With video and other technology I wonder if field ornithologists still collect specimens? Arturo Kirkconnell , author of the Cuban Field Guide, took me into the specimen room at Museo Nacional de Historia Natural in Havana to show me his Gundlach's Hawk specimen, since we didn't find a live one at Playa Larga . Appropriately they are all kept in cigar boxes in Havana. But the GH skin was gone, stolen. The Museo cannot afford security when they can only afford to pay their curator $27 a month. Sorry to wander. Part of the aging process. James Brooks =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________