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Date: | Sat, 2 Apr 1994 17:21:54 +0500 |
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> > Osprey: (Pandion haliaetus) -- <impressive so far, right?????> A hawk of
> > cosmopolitan distribution with a white underside and head, a brown body,
> > long pointed wings and long deeply curved opposed pairs of claws on its
> > talons. It feeds entirely on fish.
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> > So says "The New Lexicon Webster's Dictionary of the English Language."
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> I know that I'm in the minority, but I like the idea of having the
> "UMass-Lowell Ospreys" personally. As Webster's says, they feed entirely
> on fish!! And are the only Hawks to dive COMPLETELY underwater to get 'em
> with those "long deeply curved opposed pairs of claws on its talons"!!!
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> I guess I just have visions of a large, spread-winged Osprey on
> the front of the Lowell jerseys holding a hockey stick or something...oh
> well.
>
Sounds a lot like a "River Hawk" 'eh? River Hawk = Osprey like a
Nittany Lion = Mountain Lion for Penn?
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