tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185214501681178697.post8854164283831961602..comments2023-05-16T09:52:01.195-04:00Comments on 2012 Yardbirds Competition: Why we bird - poll resultsSean Fitzgeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14457249500616280424noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185214501681178697.post-75894769475191585682010-11-18T16:11:16.331-05:002010-11-18T16:11:16.331-05:00I had a hard time with this quiz. I bird for every...I had a hard time with this quiz. I bird for every reason on there except the records keeping thing. I mean, I keep records, but its only as a tool and only because I feel I should. But I'm also a lover of the beauty of nature, the sheer amazement factor. I guess thats related to the "tickles my brain" thing, but its different. I know, its not very scientific of systematic of me to cry when I see an Ivory Gull, or laugh when i watch sandpipers, but its a real reason that I go birding. It rules.Ben Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03602843464384353413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185214501681178697.post-57505163754401523782010-11-12T12:54:43.281-05:002010-11-12T12:54:43.281-05:00Nice, sounds like Haas might be your brother....I&...Nice, sounds like Haas might be your brother....I'll swab him next time I see him....Swamp Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11263023323532486274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185214501681178697.post-11384190375783350492010-11-11T11:54:38.916-05:002010-11-11T11:54:38.916-05:00RAZL, looking at your banner pic I was wondering i...RAZL, looking at your banner pic I was wondering if this is your brother??Swamp Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11263023323532486274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185214501681178697.post-25855522767022291302010-11-10T15:12:49.508-05:002010-11-10T15:12:49.508-05:00well it was hard to choose why I bird- but I few d...well it was hard to choose why I bird- but I few do stand out over the others. I do love a good challenge, and working through tough bird ID is always a blast (until you become burnt-out on gulls- used to love'em, now they bore me to tears.....). <br /><br />And also, I thought really hard about the teaching aspect- I find sharing knowledge and helping people connect with such a vibrant and visceral slice of the natural world to be very rewarding. <br /><br />But in the end, I think about my most favorite birding experiences: surrounded by neotrops of ever flavor, color all singing away on a foggy May morning, creeping down some tangled canyon only to lay eyes upon a trogon, scoping a melting spring marsh just full of ducks dressed in their finery, or just in the middle of f-ing nowhere when a gorgeous male Mountain Bluebird tee's up on the sage in front of me...... well, I guess thats why I bird.The Owl Ranchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03915206513252698025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185214501681178697.post-35690017239550702032010-11-10T14:34:33.731-05:002010-11-10T14:34:33.731-05:00damn, I was so out of my head after that Tropical ...damn, I was so out of my head after that Tropical Kingbird, I didn't even realize that Kaplan was taking pictures of me!<br />.....or that I had shaved recently......The Owl Ranchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03915206513252698025noreply@blogger.com