[TN-Bird] Re: Chris O'Bryan, Naturalist

David, and others,

I met Chris at the Roan Mtn Naturalist Rally.  Sharp eye and
wonderful curiosity.  I wish I'd know half as much about nature when
I was 14, and 1/10 what he knows about birds as I did then.  I'd be a
master.

Keep it up Chris.  And to all Tn-birders - let's try to inspire some
other youth.  Though it is cliche and a bit trite to say, they really
are the future...

Charlie


--- David & Gloria Patterson <dgpatterson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> No doubt many other tn-birders have enjoyed Christopher O'Bryan's
> postings and may enjoy a recent e-note I received from him.  I
> found it inspiring.  With his permission I am posting it, with a
> bit of the preceeding e-correspondence.  
> 
>      Today (January 17th) I (Chris O'Bryan) spotted two Brown
> Creepers on Mcqueen Road off of Winchester Road, Crandull, Shady
> Valley, Johnson County, Tennessee. This bird is a rare winter
> resident, no January records, according to "Bird Study in Shady
> Valley, Tennessee"  by John Wallace Coffey and John L. Shumate.  .
> . .                                  Happy Birding!!!
>                              Christopher O'Bryan
>                                 Shady Valley, TN
> 
> 
> Chris, I enjoy your postings.  Brown Creeper is uncommon and
> different enough to be an exciting find any time.
> I assume from the writing style that you are fairly young.  Keep up
> the good work.
> 
> David Patterson
> Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN
> 
> David,
> 
>      Thank you! I am fourteen years old since May ninth last year.
> I have birded for about two years now and I am also an all-round
> naturalist in my area (Johnson County).  My main love is
> herpetology (study of reptiles and amphibians). 
> 
>      I volunteer as a junior naturalist (mainly in the summer) at
> Steele Creek Park in Bristol Sullivan County,
> Tennessee, where I lead natural history hikes and small educational
> snake talks, and clean cages and feed the animal collection in the
> nature center. 
> 
>      I have observed a large number of bird species in Steele Creek
> Park. In mid Spring I will be conducting field research on Apolone
> Spinifera Spinifera (Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle) in Steele
> Creek Park lake where I will be studying population, basking site
> analysis and measurements of the turtle.
> 
>      I look forward to meeting you some day!
> 
>                                          Happy Birding!
>                                       Christopher O'Bryan
> 
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Charlie Muise, Senior Naturalist
Now living in Maryville, TN
Still working in Great Smoky Mountains 
National Park

"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm"
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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