Thinker Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Twitchers watch robin served rare Birdwatchers from all over Britain who gathered in Grimsby to catch sight of a rare American robin were horrified to see her eaten by a passing sparrowhawk. They were still setting up their cameras when the predator swooped down from a row of drab factories and warehouses on an industrial estate. The young bird, from the southern US, "didn't really live to enjoy her moment of fame," a twitcher told the Guardian. The robin's vivid red breast made her an obvious candidate for a lunch date. "It was a terrible moment," Graham Appleton, of the British Trust for Ornithology, which had spread news of the bird's arrival, told the newspaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducknut Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Oh well, we got plenty more to send over. Mother Nature has ways of enforcing her rules, "Stay on your own continent!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thadsboner Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 darwins theory at its finest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 darwins theory at its finest. Brings to mind the phrase "to stick out like a sore thumb". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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