[wisb] Spark bird from Oshkosh
- From: Paul Bruce <birdsandfish49@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:27:21 -0800 (PST)
I can surely remember what started it for me. I was about 7 or so when,
during a winter day, my
parents had a feeder in the back yard, just loaded with stuff. Sparrows,
juncos, chickadees, cardinals
etc. including a few finches that were of a different color, reddish to be the
closest. I asked my dad what
were those. He said, "Here, use the book". For me too it was a Peterson
guide. He already had the
finch section of the book open, which was kind of cheating for me, but quickly
discovered they were
Purple Finches. As a sweet treat with the sighting, they were singing, too,
which I thought was just
fabulous. Thus began my lifelong birding opportunities.
Paul Bruce,Oshkosh
Winnebago Co.
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