[AT] The last question I had on my list for December.

[Larry Goss]

LOL!  You need to travel across Nebraska in the early springtime, Charlie.  The Platte river is a major flyway with gulls visible for miles and miles.

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: charliehill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
Date: Friday, January 1, 2010 8:16
Subject: Re: [AT] The last question I had on my list for December.
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>

> Don, I never could figure out how the sea gulls knew.
> We were at least 10 miles inland from any body of water where 
> the sea gulls 
> would normally hang out and 30 miles from where you are sure to 
> find them. 
> When the first farmer stuck the first mold board plow in the 
> ground in the 
> spring (actually winter here) the sea gulls would show up in a 
> matter of 
> minutes.
> 
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Don Bowen" <don.bowen at earthlink.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
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> Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 10:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] The last question I had on my list for December.
> 
> 
> > charliehill wrote:
> >> Don, not withstanding what I just said,  I did enjoy 
> plowing for the same
> >> reasons as you mention with the addition of watching the 
> seagulls fly in 
> >> and
> >> look for fresh worms and grubs behind the plow and my old dog 
> trotting 
> >> along
> >> behind me in the furrow.
> >>
> > We were too far inland (Northeast Missouri) for Sea Gulls but 
> the Crows
> > did the same thing.
> >
> > -- 
> > Don 
> Bowen           KI6DIU
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