Saturday, August 16, 2014
"Yard is for the birds"
"Don’t get me wrong.
"I don’t have binoculars dangling from my neck, and I don’t carry a little notebook. I do not wear baggy khaki shorts, nor a jacket with ‘leventy-seven pockets.
"(That, at least, is how I imagine a 'real' bird-watcher is tricked out — based on dozens of 1960s sitcoms.)
"But I do spend a lot of time in the backyard and tending the gardens, and there’s seldom anyone to keep me company except the birds."
Read more: http://poststar.com/lifestyles/columns/natl/houseworks/yard-is-for-the-birds/article_23235db4-1f34-11e4-bda9-001a4bcf887a.html
Related: http://www.jtirregulars.com/2013/08/houseworks-by-steve-batie.html
Does drew have "baggy khaki shorts" or "a jacket with ‘leventy-seven pockets"?
Have you noticed the increase in bird photos and stories in the Journal Times?
5 comments:
- lizardmom said...
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doesn't sound like Drew's usual birding 'uniform', but his camera is incredible!
- August 17, 2014 at 7:45 AM
- Tender Heart Bear said...
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Drew does not have any of that stuff. He just takes his binoculars and camera with him. We have met other people that actually have tripods for there camera's.
- August 17, 2014 at 8:19 AM
- drewzepmeister said...
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No uniform for me... I just dress for whatever the weather is. My gear is my binoculars, camera and on occasion, my small birding scope.
Other birders I know do the same.
Just a funny thought from a birding friend who went birding in northern Alaska: "Six feet tall and wearing camouflage? Nothing here is above six inches. You ain't fooling no birds!" - August 17, 2014 at 9:36 PM
- kkdither said...
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I rarely go to the Journal Times anymore. I do remember that when we began our website, they were trolling us quite a bit and publishing similar stories and series of things we originated. I found it both irritating and humorous.
I haven't been skimming the IP addresses much lately, so I don't know for sure if their association and interest with us continues. Do you think their recent birding stories have something to do with us? Interesting! - August 17, 2014 at 11:40 PM
- SER said...
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Yardbirds now there's a band from the past...60's music
KK, we probably saved their circulation; so many stories they copied.
Just shows to go ya how good we are...Hats off to all the JTI Members and readers. - August 18, 2014 at 11:50 PM