This one's for Fred

[George Thompson]

An undoubtable proverb, with a pretty good chance to date from no earlier than the 20th C.; for his new project:

Remember the tried and true rule to "Seek warblers in fall where chickadees call."

Frank Murphy
Platte Clove, NY

This was the conclusion of a submission to a Hudson River Valley bird-watchers' list.

GAT

George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.

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