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Katz1449@aol.com
Tue, May 5, 2009 12:33 PM

From Bev Propen  5/5  Orange

I found this on the Central Park bird website.

CONFESSIONS OF A BIRD-WATCHER:by Ogden  Nash
Bird-watchers top my honors list.
I aimed to be one, but I  missed.
Since I'm both myopic and astigmatic,
My aim turned out to be  erratic,
And I, bespectacled and binocular,
Exposed my self to comment  jocular.
We don't need too much bird lore, do we,
To tell a flamingo from  a towhee;
Yet I cannot, and never will,
Unless the silly birds stand  still.
And there’s no enlightenment so obscure
As ornithological  literature.
Is yon strange creature a common chickadee,
Or a migrant  alouette from Picardy?
You rush to consult your Nature guide
And inspect  the gallery inside,
But a bird in the open never looks
Like its picture in  the birdie books.
Or if it once did, it has changed its plumage,
And  plunges you back into ignorant gloomage.
That is why I sit here growing old  by inches,
Watching the clock instead of finches,
But I sometimes  visualize in my gin
The Audubon that I  audubin.

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>From Bev Propen 5/5 Orange I found this on the Central Park bird website. CONFESSIONS OF A BIRD-WATCHER:by Ogden Nash Bird-watchers top my honors list. I aimed to be one, but I missed. Since I'm both myopic and astigmatic, My aim turned out to be erratic, And I, bespectacled and binocular, Exposed my self to comment jocular. We don't need too much bird lore, do we, To tell a flamingo from a towhee; Yet I cannot, and never will, Unless the silly birds stand still. And there’s no enlightenment so obscure As ornithological literature. Is yon strange creature a common chickadee, Or a migrant alouette from Picardy? You rush to consult your Nature guide And inspect the gallery inside, But a bird in the open never looks Like its picture in the birdie books. Or if it once did, it has changed its plumage, And plunges you back into ignorant gloomage. That is why I sit here growing old by inches, Watching the clock instead of finches, But I sometimes visualize in my gin The Audubon that I audubin. **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221322931x1201367171/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=115&bcd =May5509AvgfooterNO115)