Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas, happy holidays, whatever greeting works for you. I hope that your day is peaceful. That something makes you smile. That you find glimmers throughout the day.
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Becoming a Birder
Becoming a Birder Honestly, by accident. Imagine with me.... you wake up. Start the slow stretch in preparation for getting up. Then, you hear it. A drip. A very loud drip. Wait, where is that coming from? It didn ’ t rain. No faucets are running. What the heck? Then, it changes. A whistle? You continue with your morning and venture outside with a cup of coffee. Drip. Drip. Drip. You start looking around for this mystery drip. Pinpoint the sound, only to see a bird. Then the bird whistles. Out comes the handy, dandy search engine and let ’ s see what we have. A Brown Headed Cowbird . This is a moment of realization. You ’ ve spotted the bird. Looked it up to identify it. Find yourself researching it. (Fun fact, Brown Headed Cowbirds don ’ t build their own nests. They find somebody else ’ s nest, lay their egg in it, then leave. Absent parents, they are.) Then tell your husband about it. Or when you ’ re on the phone with your grown kid and mention this cool hawk you saw...