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The equation runs something like this: Man = flies = spiders = wrens.
“I can only tell you what I would do,” said I. “If,.'9 Carolina Wren was nesting in our hanging basket, I would'be pleased and proud, even hon: ored. I would not water.”
“Well, you know how it is,*’ said Little with a laugh. “When you have a dilemma, you make up your mind about what youi are going to do. Then you want an authority to say you’ve made the right decision!” ;
I did understand and was; I hope, properly modest about being termed an authority; After that, we went on to other birds. Little commented that afl great white bird had been seep H
on her pond. • ; tj
“Great Egret,” I announ-i I ced; I had to' live up to my rep- I utation as an authority.
Then I lectured: “After | they have finished nesting irj colonies on the coast, egrets follow river and streams far inland and turn up at the most unlikely places. It’s a kind of pre-winter vacation. Th^ ornithological term for this is post-nuptial wandering.” !
Again, there was laughtef from my caller. “We all do that a bit, don’t we?” she said. I had to agree. |
Virginia naturalist John Trott may be reached at P CL, Box 59, Washington, Va:, 22747.
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