Date:         Thu, 23 Jan 2003 16:40:47 -0500
Reply-To:     Stephen Steele <steeles@HORIZONVIEW.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stephen Steele <steeles@HORIZONVIEW.NET>
Subject:      Re: bird sign on cars
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Freeholder is oh so right!  Mulberries in winter!e
This morning I went out to the garage to check on the '87 Westy for any
problems resulting from this frigid Arctic blast weather that we are in.  I
happened to look over at the frozen Koi pond and listened to its gurgling
recirc water somewhere under the seven inch thick mantle of ice; making sure
the pump was running and the ice was open a little for O2 exchange...
Strange mulberries laying all around the edge of the opening in the ice.

The eight cardinal pairs that I have been feeding for my neighbors (while
they are away in the relatively warm South) have left what appear to be
"mulberry" turds all around the very small hole in the ice.

At least it is a little comfort to know that when these northern birds poop
on our vans' windshields up here in the North that (for now) the stuff will
just bounce off!

--
Stephen
Chillicothe OH ... 3 degrees and falling


> They can't afford other stuff because their credit cards are all maxed, so
> they have to eat
> whatever Ma Nature provides.  Just be glad you aren't most other places in
> the country, where
> the mulberries are definitely not blooming.  Of course, as I write this
> here in Willcox, AZ, it
> is 65F degrees.
>
> Bill
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
>>
>> The punch line is "How long you been alone in that cabin?'
>> Now my Vanagon / Westy not Friday story.
>> Its 33 degrees (f) here in Dallas and somebody's mulberry bloomed because
>> I got four cars to wash today.
>> They all have nice purple stains ...............
>> Why do birds eat stuff that gives them diarrhea?