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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_7Xdf1nOpMLMVk3peZlhc0A) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Hi James, Sounds like a joke to me - are you sure it wasn't the April 1st edition? Bob ----- Original Message -----=20 From: James Hirtle=20 To: Naturens Naturens=20 Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 7:37 PM Subject: [NatureNS] License To Bird I'm reading the July/August 1993 issue of Bird Watchers Digest and = came across something which strikes me as odd. =20 =20 "A recent article in a Maine newspaper detailed the state's new bird = watching laws. According to the report, the Maine legislature has = imposed a fee for bird watching in the state. The annual license will = cost $15.00, plus $2 for the issuing town clerk. People watching = migratory waterfowl will need to acquire a special wildfowl stamp at a = cost of $15. The regulations set limits on the number of birds that can = be seen on one day or in one year. There is also a limit on state and = life lists, but unlimited observation of herring gulls, chickadees, = starlings, and blue jays is permitted. There are very tight = restrictions on the observation of rare birds: Only one northern = cardinal may be observed per day, and observers must close their eyes in = the presence of any endangered species such as bald eagle or peregrine = falcon." It goes on. Anyhow, from this I'm assuming this was a joke = and in fact no license to watch birds ever existed in Maine. They have = in the magazine amongst a bunch of straight/real articles. =20 James R. Hirtle Dublin Shore -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition.=20 Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.20/1262 - Release Date: = 2/6/2008 9:13 AM --Boundary_(ID_7Xdf1nOpMLMVk3peZlhc0A) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE>.hmmessage P { PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } BODY.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY class=hmmessage bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi James,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Sounds like a joke to me - are you sure it wasn't the April 1st edition?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Bob</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jrhbirder@hotmail.com href="mailto:jrhbirder@hotmail.com">James Hirtle</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=naturens@chebucto.ns.ca href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">Naturens Naturens</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 06, 2008 7:37 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] License To Bird</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>I'm reading the July/August 1993 issue of Bird Watchers Digest and came across something which strikes me as odd. <BR> <BR>"A recent article in a Maine newspaper detailed the state's new bird watching laws. According to the report, the Maine legislature has imposed a fee for bird watching in the state. The annual license will cost $15.00, plus $2 for the issuing town clerk. People watching migratory waterfowl will need to acquire a special wildfowl stamp at a cost of $15. The regulations set limits on the number of birds that can be seen on one day or in one year. There is also a limit on state and life lists, but unlimited observation of herring gulls, chickadees, starlings, and blue jays is permitted. There are very tight restrictions on the observation of rare birds: Only one northern cardinal may be observed per day, and observers must close their eyes in the presence of any endangered species such as bald eagle or peregrine falcon." It goes on. Anyhow, from this I'm assuming this was a joke and in fact no license to watch birds ever existed in Maine. They have in the magazine amongst a bunch of straight/real articles.<BR> <BR>James R. Hirtle<BR>Dublin Shore<BR><BR> <HR> <P> <HR> <P></P>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG Free Edition. <BR>Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.20/1262 - Release Date: 2/6/2008 9:13 AM<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_7Xdf1nOpMLMVk3peZlhc0A)--
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