isaak@imagen.UUCP (Mark Isaak) (09/26/88)
The following appeared in the "Grab Bag" column of the San Francisco
Examiner 9/25/88:
The baya bird of India doesn't like the dark, evidently.
With bits of moist clay it attaches fireflies to its nest. Am
told the baya's nest at night looks like a street lamp.
Anyone know how accurate this is, or what's the full story? My references
at home say only that the baya is a weaver bird which eats insects and nuts.
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Mark Isaak {decwrl,sun}!imagen!isaak or imagen!isaak@decwrl.dec.com
"Inquiry is fatal to certainty." - Will Durantbph@buengc.BU.EDU (Blair P. Houghton) (09/28/88)
In article <1902@imagen.UUCP> isaak@imagen.UUCP (Mark Isaak) writes: >The following appeared in the "Grab Bag" column of the San Francisco >Examiner 9/25/88: > > The baya bird of India doesn't like the dark, evidently. > With bits of moist clay it attaches fireflies to its nest. Am > told the baya's nest at night looks like a street lamp. > >Anyone know how accurate this is, or what's the full story? My references >at home say only that the baya is a weaver bird which eats insects and nuts. Would all those who see it coming PLEASE not subject yourselves to the following: Maybe the baya bird just enjoys a light snack of an evening... --Blair "Some of us find it harder to shake this monkey from our backs..."