ABQjournal: Bird Causes Backyard Bonanza By Julie Medina, Journal Staff Writer
The bird was first seen on Pueblo Solano NW in the North Valley on Dec. 1.
Bratton said she was lucky and saw it when she was taking her daughter to horseback riding lessons.
“I remember telling my daughter, wouldn’t it be fun if it came to our feeder,” Bratton said.
On Feb. 21, her wish came true. Bratton saw the same bird, with the protruding lower bill, eating at her feeder.
On March 12th, the Albuquerque Journal, having exhausted everyone’s interest in Calvary Chapel many times over, discovered the yellow grosbeak in Albuquerque, 3+ months after the Trib and 2.5 weeks after a couple of local bloggers. But, hey, more people are interested in a far-from-rare televangelist than a bird, right? mjh
PS: Knowing that one of my 3 regular readers works for the Journal, I always worry this may be the last straw. But that camel’s got back, baby! At least, I never refer to it as the “Urinal.”
I was thinking the same thing about the bird story. Damn, the Journal’s been slow on this one. But then I realized it
was my fault (I never did the story either), so I came up with a lot of rationalizations.
As for our Calvary coverage, its
membership numbers make it one of the largest institutions in town. I make no apologies for our coverage of what’s going on there.
Just checking in as one of the three . . . and pleased so to be. That would leave . . .?
You never need to defend the Journal, John.
Everyday, people skip
articles in every context, including this blog. A capitalist would say people vote every day with their dollars — did Journal sales rise
during this time?
I’ve never suggested the Journal stop printing a Sports section, even though I truly could not care
less about sports. When the Journal prints two sport sections, as it has several times this month, I don’t express any outrage here or
to the editor.
However, as big as Calvary may be, my undocumented sense is that more coverage has been given to it
than to the State Treasurer scandal (you are in a position to examine the data). I’m even more certain that more has been written about
Heitzig than the new pope, even though there must be 100 times as many Catholics around.
Compare the coverage with
that which was given to Caldera’s departure. Are they proportional?
When the Journal devotes so much prime coverage
to a topic, it is usually clearer why. Does it really come down to the size of the congregation? peace, mjh