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--_f7cb9f84-cfac-425a-9f5a-f2280401ae93_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A birding friend commented to me when we were at Broad Cove yesterday that = we would always see four teal there. I was puzzled by this comment I must = say until he explained to me the reasoning behind this statement. I natura= lly was thinking along the line of birds. Well it turns out that for you g= eneology buffs out there=2C four tombstones exist in the cemetary with Teal= on them=2C three of which have the spelling Teel. Therefore=2C somewhere = along the line the name changed. My friend therefore was correct but using= a morbid sense of humor. Anyhow=2C it is interesting what one picks up fr= om a day in the field birding and now I'm curious as I've never seen Teal a= s a last name before. =20 James R. Hirtle East LaHave _________________________________________________________________ --_f7cb9f84-cfac-425a-9f5a-f2280401ae93_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px=3B padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt=3B FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body class=3D'hmmessage'> A birding friend commented to me when we were at Broad Cove yesterday that = we would always see four teal there. =3B I was puzzled by this comment = I must say until he explained to me the reasoning behind this statement.&nb= sp=3B I naturally was thinking along the line of birds. =3B Well it tur= ns out that for you geneology buffs out there=2C four tombstones exist in t= he cemetary with Teal on them=2C three of which have the spelling Teel.&nbs= p=3B Therefore=2C somewhere along the line the name changed. =3B My fri= end therefore was correct but using a morbid sense of humor. =3B Anyhow= =2C it is interesting what one picks up from a day in the field birding and= now I'm curious as I've never seen Teal as a last name before.<BR>  =3B<BR> James R. Hirtle<BR> East LaHave<BR><br /><hr />Upgrade to Hotmail Plus and share more photos wi= th bigger attachments. Click here to find out how <a href=3D'http://get.liv= e.com/en-ca/mailplus/features' target=3D'_new'>Click here to find out how</= a></body> </html>= --_f7cb9f84-cfac-425a-9f5a-f2280401ae93_--
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