My All-time, Absolute Favorite Advertising Blunder (So Far)

My friend Sue saved this full page ad from the local Berkshire County shopper's guide, knowing that it tops all the other typos and graphic blunders I've collected so far.

It leaves one breathless to consider how astonishingly ignorant everyone involved in this ad is about the very basics of U.S. history--I learned the Washington/cherry tree myth in first or second grade.

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There is no hope.

Prospect Park 2/12

A cold icy walk in Prospect Park this morning yielded some good birds, despite having to watch my feet more than the bushes, trees, and sky: American Tree Sparrow hopping around near the Boathouse Pond; 4 Fox Sparrows beneath the feeders; & a slew of Pine Siskins on the thistle sock--I listed 5, but there were probably more, it's just that they were jumping around so much it was hard to count.

I was also surprised to see that today was the first time this year I've seen Red-winged Blackbirds. There were a lot, males and females. Soon, the males will be staking out their territories and there won't be flocks of them like this one. Soon=Spring.

Prospect Park
Number of species:    18
Canada Goose    40
Mute Swan    6
Mallard    205
Northern Shoveler    12
Red-tailed Hawk    1    LP 249
American Coot    10
Ring-billed Gull    300
Herring Gull    10
Rock Pigeon    25
Mourning Dove    5
Red-bellied Woodpecker    2
Blue Jay    10
Black-capped Chickadee    3
Tufted Titmouse    1    Terrace Bridge
American Tree Sparrow    1    Boathouse Pond
White-throated Sparrow    5
Northern Cardinal    4
House Sparrow    11
Prospect Park--Feeders
Number of species:    14
Mourning Dove    3
Downy Woodpecker    1
Black-capped Chickadee    5
Tufted Titmouse    1
White-breasted Nuthatch    1
European Starling    1
Fox Sparrow    4
White-throated Sparrow    20
Dark-eyed Junco    5
Northern Cardinal    6
Red-winged Blackbird    15
House Finch    6
Pine Siskin    5
American Goldfinch    15

HAPPY LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY
      (This was a holiday when I was a kid.)