BJ Fudge says tell geese vs. cranes by how they go

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How geese and cranes go

Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com girl reporter, was instructed to take this down exactly as Billy Joe Fudge reported it at the Columbia Post Office on Tuesday, February 26, 2008:


"Tell Ed that this comes straight from the Science Department at Green Hills University: Geese honk and cranes gargle. That's how you tell them apart."

She says that Mr. Fudge made a gargling sound to demonstrate how cranes go. She said that he assumed that anybody would know how geese honk, and did not demonstrate that sound. She did critique the gargling sound as good enough to use on "Car Talk," with Tom and Ray Magliozz, on NPR Liberal Radio if there were ever a need to do so.

And, as everyone is asking, Mr. Fudge inquired as to Adair County's status in the number of checklists entered in the National Audubon Society/Cornell Ornithological Lab "Great Backyard Bird Count." The answer is a sad, but not hopeless one. After being in it's rightful place, Number One in Kentucky, Columbia has been surpassed by Kentucky's two other principal cities, Louisville and Lexington. We are now 20 places from the top spot. As it turns out, they are still taking checklists until March 1, 2008, so it is not hopeless. Anyone who has a checklist to turn in may do so.

This story was posted on 2008-02-27 04:15:20