[va-richmond-general] Re: Thrasher article
- From: "katya" <katya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 11:06:46 -0400
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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