I enjoy your perspective and your style. Please keep writing, Philip!
As for birding, my experience is second-hand. My partner has been a birder since he was a child. He grew up in a suburb on the outskirts of Ottawa where he and a friend rambled through the fields near his house looking for birds. Although this nerdy pastime earned him derision as a child, it has given him a lot of joy ever since. For me, it is one of the perks of our relationship to go wandering through the woods with Darrel, scanning the trees for birds and listening for birdsong.
I’m a close friend of Charles Baillie who is a world birder.
We went to I think Panama with other world birders all thin,intense at there evening meeting where they counted their new finds. They observed me with scorn as I was clearly not in to crouching in the bushes.I sat outside the hotel veranda looking at the bird feeder which attracted hundreds of perhaps rare birds.Bliss but scorn from the pros..
It’s official: birds are literally dinosaurs!
https://www.birdlife.org/news/2021/12/21/its-official-birds-are-literally-dinosaurs-heres-how-we-know/
I enjoy your perspective and your style. Please keep writing, Philip!
As for birding, my experience is second-hand. My partner has been a birder since he was a child. He grew up in a suburb on the outskirts of Ottawa where he and a friend rambled through the fields near his house looking for birds. Although this nerdy pastime earned him derision as a child, it has given him a lot of joy ever since. For me, it is one of the perks of our relationship to go wandering through the woods with Darrel, scanning the trees for birds and listening for birdsong.
Thank you! Hope I’m still subscribed. I look forward to your thoughts.
Stay at it;; please,Gina.
I’m a close friend of Charles Baillie who is a world birder.
We went to I think Panama with other world birders all thin,intense at there evening meeting where they counted their new finds. They observed me with scorn as I was clearly not in to crouching in the bushes.I sat outside the hotel veranda looking at the bird feeder which attracted hundreds of perhaps rare birds.Bliss but scorn from the pros..
Please do keep on writing. I look forward to Sunday and your observations on life, etc.
Happy New Year!