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APhoto Of The Day — 17.01.09

ORG XMIT: WX103  This photo provided by the University of Florida, taken April 19, 2009, shows a mockingbird grazing University of Florida biology major Devon Duffy, in Gainesville, Fla., in an attempt to drive her away from its nest on the university campus. Mockingbirds may look pretty much alike to people, but they can tell us apart and are quick to react to folks they don't like. Birds rapidly learned to identify people who had previously threatened their nests and sounded alarms and even attacked those folks, even while ignoring others nearby, researchers report in Tuesday's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (AP Photo/University of Florida, Lou Guillette) (Lou Guilette / The Spokesman-Review)
ORG XMIT: WX103 This photo provided by the University of Florida, taken April 19, 2009, shows a mockingbird grazing University of Florida biology major Devon Duffy, in Gainesville, Fla., in an attempt to drive her away from its nest on the university campus. Mockingbirds may look pretty much alike to people, but they can tell us apart and are quick to react to folks they don't like. Birds rapidly learned to identify people who had previously threatened their nests and sounded alarms and even attacked those folks, even while ignoring others nearby, researchers report in Tuesday's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (AP Photo/University of Florida, Lou Guillette) (Lou Guilette / The Spokesman-Review)

A mockingbird grazes University of Florida biology major Devon Duffy, in Gainesville, Fla., in an attempt to drive her away from its nest on the university campus. Mockingbirds may look pretty much alike to people, but they can tell us apart and are quick to react to folks they don't like. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/University of Florida, Lou Guillette)

Top Cutlines:

  • 1. Devon comtemplates killing the mockingbird so she can live Harper Lee ever after -- John Austin.
  • 2. Why yes silly bird, I am mocking you -- Cabbage Boy.
  • 3. (tie) Devon, do you realize how many spit ends you have? -- Charlie; and:

    Mahitable Mockingbird hovers over Devon, “Now hold still, Dearie, while I do up a fancy braid in your hair” -- JeanieS.

  • HM: Dennis



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D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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