[va-richmond-general] Re: Thrasher article

Al,

I would have preferred that you had run this by me first.

Kate


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Al Warfield" <warfield101@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:  Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:52:08 -0400

>Katie,
>
>I have an article that I wrote from a couple of your posts on the listserve. 
>Caroline Coe suggested that I ask you to write something from the perspective 
>of a new birder with lots of energy for learning about birds. I might have 
>done that but there was not much time before the issue had to go to press, so 
>I just wrote it myself from what you wrote - that was where Caroline got the 
>idea anyway. (Maybe you could do that after awhile - just keep a record of 
>when you see new birds and what the circumstances are, and your writing style 
>will do the rest.) The text of the article is below. There is also a picture 
>that I took of you while we were doing the ivy work at JR Park. It's not a 
>great picture, but it's not that bad either. You are looking up from using the 
>pruning saw on the ivy. The expression is not bad. If you have a problem with 
>me using the article and/or picture I'll find something else. I need to send 
>this out tomorrow (Friday) ASAP in the morning, so I hope you can
  get back to me by then.
>
>Thanks, Al Warfield
>
>Text of article:
>
>New Birds for a New Birder
>
>This morning I had my first new-to-me birds here on my deck - two Brown 
>Thrashers pecking away at the suet no one has seemed interested in except for 
>a Carolina Wren every once in a while. I dreamt this morning that I saw a bird 
>out there who I didn't recognize, and sure enough the thrashers looked pretty 
>much like I saw in my dream. It occurred to me that I heard the bird yesterday 
>and in my waking mind assumed that it was a mockingbird, but months ago, I 
>studied one of the "Birding by Ear" CDs, and also had a pretty good idea of 
>what a Brown Thrasher looked like, although I had never knowingly seen one. My 
>sleeping mind evidently has it together. I've tried listening to the CD when I 
>was doing other things, and I think I am going to start doing that again. 
>Something definitely sunk in. This excites me, because I know I really did 
>learn something.
>
>      Katie Holzback 
>
>
>
>
 

 
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