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Amtrak train kills bald eagle eating dead deer on tracks near Aberdeen
The Baltimore Sun ^ | 02/04/2011 | The Associated Press

Posted on 02/04/2011 11:34:00 AM PST by speciallybland

A bald eagle was killed by a train Thursday morning while enjoying breakfast on a stretch of tracks near Abderdeen, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Craig Koppie, an eagle coordinator with the federal agency, said the rare encounter happened in a flash. The bird was eating a deer carcass about 8:30 a.m. as an Amtrak train headed to Washington approached. An engineer spotted the bird and blasted his horn, but the eagle took off too slowly and was hit.

(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: amtrak; baldeagle; baldeagles; deer; eagle; eagles; train; trains
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To: Melas
Aberdeen is a city in Scotland, and a big one I might add my linguistically challenged FRiend. The Aberdeens in America derive their names thusly.

Are there any Abderdeens in America?

81 posted on 02/04/2011 8:11:23 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill

Yeah, in heavily Islamic areas like South Dakota, Kentucky and Ohio. Nice try, but Abderdeen is just an alternate spelling of Aberdeen.


82 posted on 02/04/2011 8:23:24 PM PST by Melas
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To: Melas
Abderdeen is just an alternate spelling of Aberdeen.

Oh, yeah? Can you show me a gazetteer that uses that spelling? I may be old fashioned, but I would call "Abderdeen" a misspelling.

83 posted on 02/04/2011 8:58:57 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Palmetto Patriot; swain_forkbeard

By various posts in this thread I see we desperately need to correct something.

It is HA-V-RE de Grace, not “Ha-r-ve”.


84 posted on 02/05/2011 10:27:38 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel
By various posts in this thread I see we desperately need to correct something.

It is HA-V-RE de Grace, not “Ha-r-ve”.

Really?

My apologies, then, to Orioles fans for misspelling the name of the legendary shortstop, Havre De Grace.

(Still doesn't look right, as I type it.)

85 posted on 02/05/2011 10:47:24 AM PST by Palmetto Patriot (Just exactly when is the next Election?)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Follow the thread backward and you’ll get it. Sorry for being subtle.


86 posted on 02/05/2011 11:09:41 AM PST by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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To: swain_forkbeard

Yeah, I got that, but I’m not sure anyone else did. Y’all too subtle for me.


87 posted on 02/05/2011 2:49:50 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: speciallybland

Well, now I guess the Greenies will petition to stop ALL rail service in the US.


88 posted on 02/07/2011 11:51:30 AM PST by rbg81
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