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Subject: Re: nemesis birds
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Date: 31 Jan 91 22:25:29 GMT
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In article <1991Jan31.210820.14420@midway.uchicago.edu>, bob@delphi.uchicago.edu (Robert S. Lewis, Jr.) writes...
>In article <1991Jan31.012506.24606@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> sid@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Sid Johnson WB6VWH) writes:
> 
>>Keywords: ARRGGHH!
> 
>>I have noticed another characteristic of nemesis birds.  Once you finally
>>see ONE, they are eveywhere.  Why is that?
> 
> 
> 
>Not only that, before you see one, all your nonbirdwatching friends
>seem to see them everywhere too:
> 
>"You're a birdwatcher, huh?  Well last weekend when I was at XXX State
>Park, I saw all these really huge woodpeckers.  They were really
>neat..."

Hey, this is pretty funny.  I do like birds and will occasionally take pains
to look for them, but, all in all, I'm pretty much of a neophyte.  Within the
last year, I've twice seen what I believe were pileated woodpeckers without
even trying hard.  I was coming down from the hike up Yosemite Falls last
November, when I heard a loud knocking, looked up, and there was a P.W. in the
tree right above me.  This winter I had gone hiking in the snow at Turkey Run
State Park in Indiana, and while walking across a suspension bridge on my
way out, I heard a loud knocking, and sure enough, there was another one.