Welcome to Bill’s Birding Adventure! Please join me
as this blog explores the many faceted and fun worlds of birds . . .
While visitors are
encouraged to join in the adventure, I mostly launch this blog as a platform
for personal learning – as I spin up on all things related to this special vertebra.
And there is much to learn indeed!
I have always loved
birds – their beauty and variety, and especially their sweet sounding songs –
the beginning of which can probably be traced to my parents, who loved nature. While
urban and suburban dwellers most of their lives, they both grew up on farms.
There passion for gardening was one small way to honor their roots. They loved
to get their hands dirty.
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Downy Woodpecker
Westport, CT 26Jan2013 |
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However, it is my
mother who has always loved the birds. Even at the fine age of 92, she still
wonders at the sight of a Cardinal or Bluebird visiting the bird feeder outside
her apartment window in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. I vividly remember the
bird houses in our backyard as a child, and the bird books strategically placed
near the picture window overlooking them – and the joy that my mother always
got from seeing an unexpected species, whether winter, spring, summer or fall.
So it is with this
spirit that I begin my more modest sojourn into the world of birds . . . focusing
initially on species that are native to Connecticut, especially those that
visit out newly installed bird feeder on the back deck. But no doubt the focus
will expand, as Marianne and I travel throughout the US and Europe, including heading up to Rhode Island later this summer!
