Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr1.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news-out.netnews.com!postmaster.netnews.com!eu1.netnews.com!not-for-mail X-Trace: DXC=Y[B;m9RYX <407606cd6cc6cb3f244a4c9ab4fc4f7f@www.novabbs.org> Content-Language: en-US From: BryanGSimmons In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 46 Message-ID: <680c1c51$12$18$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 X-Trace: 1745624145 reader.netnews.com 18 127.0.0.1:59885 On 4/25/2025 6:10 PM, Hank Rogers wrote: > dsi1 wrote on 4/25/2025 5:54 PM: >> On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 13:39:45 +0000, Dave Smith wrote: >> >>> On 2025-04-25 8:26 a.m., Jill McQuown wrote: >>>> On 4/24/2025 10:29 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote: >>> >>>>> We have snowy egrets. Our State is lousy with Great Blue Herons in the >>>>> swampy areas. My small hunting group called them GBH's. I'm sure we >>>>> don't have any GWH's, like in your picture. >>>>> >>>>> leo >>>> >>>> We have snowy egrets, too.  I've never seen any of them away from the >>>> pond areas, though.  Occasionally a GBH will stroll across the back >>>> yard.  A couple of weeks ago I saw one further down the street. >>>> This is >>>> the first time I've seen a Great White Heron taking a stroll well away >>>> from the water. >>> >>> Egrets are relative new comers here. I first started seeing them about >>> 20 years ago. Great Blue Herons are much more common. >> >> I used to mostly see egrets on the back of cows when I was growing up. >> These days, they're all over the Windward side of Oahu. Cattle egrets >> are probably not a big deal on the mainland but they're much beloved in >> Hawaii. The medium sized egret might be the biggest bird around. When >> they're on the back of cows, they're cute birds. Up close, they have an >> intense, purposeful, look. >> > > Uncle, do da hawaiians prefer to roast those boids, or do they eat them > raw, like sushi? > Hank, I don't think there's a single culture where boids, reptilians or amphibioids are eaten raw. -- --Bryan For your safety and protection, this sig. has been thoroughly tested on laboratory animals. "Most of the food described here is nauseating. We're just too courteous to say so." -- Cindy Hamilton