Hi Ken,
Believe it or not, the birders were asking 'Who brought a gun?'
when a line of a dozen wild pigs went walking through a medow.
The birders don't like the wild pigs because they dig up the native plants.
They really wanted them dead.
Rich
>Taken your 12 Ga. Rich? ;o)
>KH
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Rich N." <RNAPO@No-Spam>
>To: "The Astronomy Connection" <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
>Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 1:53 PM
>Subject: Re: [TAC] Weather...
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>> At least I got a good nights slee so I could go birding at 8 am.
>> Grant Ranch was beautiful this morning. The grass was green,
>> lots of wild flowers, lots of birds too.
>>
>> Rich
>>
>> s
>>
>> >I went out last night to catch some music (my wife's band) and saw it
was
>> >clear when we got back to Palo Alto. I set up in my yard -- got in a
good
>> >hour of observing from 2:00 to 3:00 am. My spring target list was fast
>> fading
>> >in the west by then, but I was able to add NGC 5005, 5353 and three
other
>> >galaxies to my life list. Mars was up when I shut down and Sagittarius
>> >beckoned.
>> >
>> >Andrew Pierce
>> >
>>