WASHINGTON BIOLOGICAL SURVEY
J.K. Murphy
A scientist recalls
That tagged birds were released
And flew up remote canyon walls.
A hunter shot one such bird
For dinner, and spotting the tag,
Followed it word by word:
WASH BOIL SERV
So he washed the bird,
Boiled it and served it up on a tin
plate.
It was tough as old-man crow
I wonder if they got wind of it,
Revised the tag a bit?