Even Robins are Fleeing George Bush's America

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TWITCHERS WATCH ROBIN SERVED RARE.
Sparrow hawks hunt insects, mammals, birds and reptiles
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.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3545679.stm

[robertpaulsen]

1. "I will support Kerry like my life depends on it...because it does".

Great quote! Yours?

I'd like to see it on a button or bumper sticker.

[Squibbie]

3. Yep, robertpaulsen

I made it up out of my own mind, mainly because I have been out of my mind for the last four years. As you can see, I have been around for a while, and this is the most frantic I have ever been about the political situation is this country. The thought of migrating to the English countryside if things don't go well in November is inviting. Just have to watch out for those hawks (chickenhawks here.)

[Squibbie]

4. We've survived the last three years

in spite of waves of chickenhawks buzzing us. We shall overcome in November!

[dfong63]

2. what a shame, after surviving what must have been an epic journey