Word: birding
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Field, L. I. With a crew of eight, accompanied by her husband, an Army surgeon and a nurse (Olympia Fumigalli), Señora Dávila took off in her Flying Fortress. By radio she sent her thanks to Neighbor Roosevelt. Three days later. Franklin Roosevelt's big bird of good will deposited grateful Herminia Arrate de Dávila on her own soil again...
Until this year, a small bird called Ross's goose had a unique distinction: it was the only North American goose or duck whose breeding ground was not known...
Gillham made friends with Angus Gavin, a Hudson's Bay Co. trader, and whipped up in Gavin a hot excitement for the search. Gavin had himself transferred to the Perry River post. Some Canadian sportsmen and bird-lovers proselytized Gavin's boss, who authorized and financed an expedition. Gavin and a friend set out with a 16-ft. sled carrying supplies and an 18-ft. canoe. They sledged five miles up the river, then reached open water and took to the canoe. Fifteen miles farther up they came to an unnamed, uncharted lake, dotted with small islands...
...mimeographed report to all studios every two months, pointing out the number of plugs she has given their stars and pictures both on the air and in her column. Cheerful about mistakes she has made, she has installed a gold-plated mechanical canary before her mike, gives herself the bird for every error...
Recently two enthusiasts were persuaded to feed each other chunks of blueberry pie while blindfolded, making appropriate dinner-table chitchat as they went along. Another client was ordered to put a birdcage over his head, sing Listen to the Mocking Bird. More terrifying was the experience of a gentleman who had to lie on a bed sheet in the middle of the studio stage and pretend to be a male seal wooing his mate. To add zest to his performance, a real seal was quietly placed beside him which barked happily down his neck. For thinking up such consequences, listeners...