Comments on: Passenger Pigeon Rears Head Again, in NYT http://patterico.com/2007/03/04/passenger-pigeon-rears-head-again-in-nyt/ Harangues that just make sense Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:10:35 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: krazy kagu http://patterico.com/2007/03/04/passenger-pigeon-rears-head-again-in-nyt/comment-page-1/#comment-215740 krazy kagu Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:48:55 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/03/04/5903/passenger-pigeon-rears-head-again-in-nyt/#comment-215740 And the GREAT AUKS are swimming up the hudson river theres a HEATH HEN residing in MIAMI theres some COROLINA PARAKEETS living in WASHINGTON D.C. and a whole bunch of LABRADOR DUCKS have taken over MARTHAS VINYARD SQUAWK SQAWK WE BIRDS ARE BACK SQUAWK SQUAWK SQAUWK And the GREAT AUKS are swimming up the hudson river theres a HEATH HEN residing in MIAMI theres some COROLINA PARAKEETS living in WASHINGTON D.C. and a whole bunch of LABRADOR DUCKS have taken over MARTHAS VINYARD SQUAWK SQAWK WE BIRDS ARE BACK SQUAWK SQUAWK SQAUWK

]]> By: Old War Dogs http://patterico.com/2007/03/04/passenger-pigeon-rears-head-again-in-nyt/comment-page-1/#comment-205361 Old War Dogs Mon, 05 Mar 2007 07:28:36 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/03/04/5903/passenger-pigeon-rears-head-again-in-nyt/#comment-205361 <strong>Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.05 ...</strong> Some Bill's Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong above the... Bill’s Nibbles // Open Post — 2007.03.05 …

Some Bill’s Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I’m sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong above the…

]]> By: Bill's Bites http://patterico.com/2007/03/04/passenger-pigeon-rears-head-again-in-nyt/comment-page-1/#comment-205356 Bill's Bites Mon, 05 Mar 2007 07:24:55 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/03/04/5903/passenger-pigeon-rears-head-again-in-nyt/#comment-205356 <strong>Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.05...</strong> Just read 'em. Maybe I'll find time to do more with 'em later. (And some things that are too short to excerpt and too good to not mention.) Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not... Nibbles // Open Post — 2007.03.05…

Just read ‘em. Maybe I’ll find time to do more with ‘em later. (And some things that are too short to excerpt and too good to not mention.) Please feel free to use this post for comments and trackbacks not…

]]> By: Scott Jacobs http://patterico.com/2007/03/04/passenger-pigeon-rears-head-again-in-nyt/comment-page-1/#comment-205316 Scott Jacobs Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:18:17 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/03/04/5903/passenger-pigeon-rears-head-again-in-nyt/#comment-205316 Oh, you think you're punny, do you Jim? Oh, you think you’re punny, do you Jim?

]]> By: Jim Treacher http://patterico.com/2007/03/04/passenger-pigeon-rears-head-again-in-nyt/comment-page-1/#comment-205311 Jim Treacher Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:12:27 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/03/04/5903/passenger-pigeon-rears-head-again-in-nyt/#comment-205311 Fowl but accurate! Fowl but accurate!

]]> By: Bradley J. Fikes http://patterico.com/2007/03/04/passenger-pigeon-rears-head-again-in-nyt/comment-page-1/#comment-205069 Bradley J. Fikes Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:34:29 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/03/04/5903/passenger-pigeon-rears-head-again-in-nyt/#comment-205069 The NYT has removed the "passenger" from the pigeons in the story. Incidents like this are why we still need fact-checkers and copy-editors. The NYT has removed the “passenger” from the pigeons in the story. Incidents like this are why we still need fact-checkers and copy-editors.

]]> By: Robert Crawford http://patterico.com/2007/03/04/passenger-pigeon-rears-head-again-in-nyt/comment-page-1/#comment-204997 Robert Crawford Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:07:41 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/03/04/5903/passenger-pigeon-rears-head-again-in-nyt/#comment-204997 I wish they were right; Martha's memorial would be a happier place if they could find some passenger pigeons still alive. I wish they were right; Martha’s memorial would be a happier place if they could find some passenger pigeons still alive.

]]> By: aplomb http://patterico.com/2007/03/04/passenger-pigeon-rears-head-again-in-nyt/comment-page-1/#comment-204968 aplomb Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:32:56 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/03/04/5903/passenger-pigeon-rears-head-again-in-nyt/#comment-204968 To be fair, I have this mental misfire where I sometimes think of those pigeons that people keep in crates on the roof as passenger pigeons, too. I think it's because these homing pigeons were used as messenger pigeons during WWI and the like, and the "messenger" gets mixed up with "passenger". So I can see how it happened but yeah, poor fact checking. To be fair, I have this mental misfire where I sometimes think of those pigeons that people keep in crates on the roof as passenger pigeons, too. I think it’s because these homing pigeons were used as messenger pigeons during WWI and the like, and the “messenger” gets mixed up with “passenger”.

So I can see how it happened but yeah, poor fact checking.

]]> By: Perfect Sense http://patterico.com/2007/03/04/passenger-pigeon-rears-head-again-in-nyt/comment-page-1/#comment-204965 Perfect Sense Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:31:19 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/03/04/5903/passenger-pigeon-rears-head-again-in-nyt/#comment-204965 The NYT is the Dodo bird of fact checking. The NYT is the Dodo bird of fact checking.

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