Re: maryannewest@live.com writes can you tell me what kind of bird

maryann kolb wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:07:29 -0400, Jerry Avins <jya@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>> Anne Burgess wrote:
>>>> It's hard to tell from the web picture, but I don't think the
>>>> beak is hooked enough for an eagle.
>>> It might help with identification if we knew where it was seen.
>>> 'Bay area' is rather imprecise - which bay? There must be 
>>> hundreds of bays around the shores of these islands.
>> It's 3000 miles from where I live, but "Bay area" without other context

>> means San Francisco Bay to me. "BART" stands for Bay Area Rapid
Transit, 
>> As I followed its design and construction in engineering publications, 
>> my experience may not be generalizable.
>>
>> Jerry
> 
> 
> 
> Jerry, when someone says "bay area" to me I think Chesapeake.

It's odd, really. The Chesapeake is much closer to me, but it's remote 
enough so that it doesn't come to mind in that context. There are many 
local bay areas -- when I lived in Brooklyn it was Gravesend Bay or 
Sheepshead Bay -- but only one Bay Area for me. Maybe the URL beginning 
sfbay.craigslist was the real clue, but I just _knew_.

Jerry
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