tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post6666869876022239545..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: A Junco By Any Otter NameMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-65123578931680459622018-03-11T08:35:38.248-07:002018-03-11T08:35:38.248-07:00You're right, seagulls are all the same. Some ...You're right, seagulls are all the same. Some are hering gulls, but when they are all over the dumpster at the McDonalds in Duluth they are just rats with feathers.Jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972784604428236278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-70057790022516630882018-03-11T06:18:46.230-07:002018-03-11T06:18:46.230-07:00So since Dumpster has successfully interbred with ...So since Dumpster has successfully interbred with humans, we have to claim him as one of our own? I cry foul. Very, very foul!intelliwenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01872666573909696493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-34123739408336675912018-03-10T19:50:39.219-08:002018-03-10T19:50:39.219-08:00If you've been keeping an eye on the news, tho...If you've been keeping an eye on the news, though, his cuteness is wearing pretty thin.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-21911043308820973812018-03-10T18:41:57.619-08:002018-03-10T18:41:57.619-08:00What just happened?What just happened?Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-75490962628013072742018-03-10T13:50:43.071-08:002018-03-10T13:50:43.071-08:00I'm all in favor of bringing back isolation, m...I'm all in favor of bringing back isolation, myself. Wake me in time for din-din, though.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-39322367372795257322018-03-10T13:49:10.974-08:002018-03-10T13:49:10.974-08:00Yeah, that sets people off. Not normal people: bir...Yeah, that sets people off. Not normal people: birders.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-11163778784498735412018-03-10T13:48:40.260-08:002018-03-10T13:48:40.260-08:00Justin Trudeau is cute too.Justin Trudeau is cute too.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-13780106104496098092018-03-10T12:52:55.976-08:002018-03-10T12:52:55.976-08:00Successful interbreeding used to be the gold stand...Successful interbreeding used to be the gold standard of whether or not species were true or not. Successful is here termed as a fertile offspring, with the caveat that it also needs to know all the proper cues to attract a mate and needs to look sufficiently like other individuals in its area so that it will be allowed to breed. Genetic assays can show species level differences, but might missBruce Mohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00170656188990284530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-34021618333901660842018-03-10T11:10:50.030-08:002018-03-10T11:10:50.030-08:00Yet another area where we thrive on inconsistency....Yet another area where we thrive on inconsistency. And many still try and classify other races of people as a different species, despite the evidence that we CAN interbreed.<br />And yes, gull is as far as I can go too. I have learned not to call them sea gulls but...Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-90899069351234989962018-03-10T11:08:11.425-08:002018-03-10T11:08:11.425-08:00Which is a HUGE difference from the other decidedl...Which is a HUGE difference from the other decidedly sub species mentioned.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-75319814475633097992018-03-10T10:50:55.049-08:002018-03-10T10:50:55.049-08:00I hang out with too many birders. I just keep my m...I hang out with too many birders. I just keep my mouth shut around gulls.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-35252509257881190402018-03-10T10:50:27.528-08:002018-03-10T10:50:27.528-08:00Well, you gotta do something with that nice oil in...Well, you gotta do something with that nice oil industry check!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-21251992813353854922018-03-10T10:48:49.586-08:002018-03-10T10:48:49.586-08:00I've heard that. Basically, we need to keep ou...I've heard that. Basically, we need to keep our cockers out of the water.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-27480880358233982872018-03-10T10:48:14.680-08:002018-03-10T10:48:14.680-08:00Sea otters are still dang cute.Sea otters are still dang cute.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-72642005751049824222018-03-10T10:47:51.150-08:002018-03-10T10:47:51.150-08:00I have to admit right here, it's not like I ac...I have to admit right here, it's not like I actually write anything down on a life list. I just like to whine.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-44542554043042643622018-03-10T10:31:24.993-08:002018-03-10T10:31:24.993-08:00We call them all seagulls here, and we live on the...We call them all seagulls here, and we live on the ocean, so we're experts, right? So you go right ahead ;Djenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-48786794958572567252018-03-10T09:59:55.259-08:002018-03-10T09:59:55.259-08:00You had me when you circled back from para. 2, and...You had me when you circled back from para. 2, and mentioned the Alaskan in para. 4: "Could be the guy just likes to whack his otter." From my experience, most people who live in Alaska for more than a year or so are either nuts and/or drunk..... :)<br />Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17540180242324518225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-10219717779056570412018-03-10T07:00:31.362-08:002018-03-10T07:00:31.362-08:00Don't forget dolphins. They'd give sea ott...Don't forget dolphins. They'd give sea otters some serious cocker spaniel molesting competition if they were mobile on land. Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18359007443116549436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-7245337564762952212018-03-10T03:50:22.463-08:002018-03-10T03:50:22.463-08:00...So what you're saying, I guess, is that if ......So what you're saying, I guess, is that if you put politicians, Hollywood producers, and sea otters together in a room, they will be indistinguishable from one another? Perhaps they are all the same species?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-68339677180571080282018-03-10T03:40:02.400-08:002018-03-10T03:40:02.400-08:00I say go ahead and re-split your Juncos. Set a tre...I say go ahead and re-split your Juncos. Set a trend, start something big. Who knows? A few years or decades from now they might decide you were right after all and you can bask in the knowledge. Maybe even gloat a little.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.com