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<DIV>In a message dated 5/31/2006 4:47:40 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
elizabeth@crouchet.com writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Turns
out it IS a baby Road Runner! It is protected though, not as all songbirds in
Texas, but as a predator bird like all the <BR>raptors as well (yes, including
vultures). <BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>A Saxon law was that if a person killed a cat that protected the King's
granary, they had to pay a fine equal to the amount of grain it took to reach
the height on the cat from it's nose to the tip of it's tail. I wonder if
the state of Texas has a similar law for Road Runners?</DIV>
<DIV>Bors</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>