[wisb] "Spark bird" what's yours?
- From: "pready tds.net" <pready@xxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:06:43 -0600
All of us have a "Spark Bird" that got us all fired up about birds.
That one species we saw or heard and wanted more.
Mine was a Northern Cardinal back when I was about 5 or 6. My older
brother Vince came in the house and told me there was a red cardinal
singing from the TV antenna on top of our house. I went outside to
look and was amazed by its bright color and loud cheerful song. I
looked up birds in the encyclopedia and studied the color
illustrations. It would be a few years before I had money to buy my
first field guide. After the spark was ignited and I was now 8 or 9 I
was walking home from school and I noticed several large white
splatters on the sidewalk in front of our house. I remember wondering
what bird makes poop that large? I looked up and there sat a Snowy Owl
about 20 ft. up on a branch. It looked down at me and cared less. My
dad told me it was probably feeding on pigeons that roosted on the
large house across the street. Whatever, I had my lifer SNOW! And now
I was hooked.
Patrick Ready
Dane Co.
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