[wisb] Re: Fwd: "Spark bird" what's yours?
- From: Anna Keaney <anna.ftw@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: WisBirdn <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:26:38 -0600
From Gibson, aged 8:
My first spark bird was the first cardinals I ever saw. My mom says that I
was able to identify male and female cardinals back when I was only 2. What
really got me going was two Bald Eagles and one Snowy Owl last December on
Dike Road. I love birds! Especially owls. Just seeing three big raptors
staring at each other in complete silence and astonishment really got me
going up there! I love Snowy Owls!
Gibson Dullea
Anna Keaney (the typist)
Madison, Dane
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 7:05 PM, Andrew Reimer <andrew.reimer21@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> In grade school, it was a Blue Jay that would occasionally visit our home
> birdfeeder which was otherwise inundated with starlings and sparrows. But
> in middle school I heard a call from an alfalfa field near our home I had
> never heard before. I snuck up on it, and without disturbing it, was able
> to watch a male Bobwhite announcing his territory--which I look back now as
> being really aberrant as I grew up in De Pere. But the most aberrant
> sighting came later in the late 80's--maybe 1990--on a camping trip. Just
> north of Pulaski--in June--I came across a Snowy Owl flying from telephone
> pole to telephone pole. Spent at least an hour watching it in
> fascination...
> Good exercise, Patrick. Hadn't thought about those sightings in years.
> And, perhaps more importantly, have my children had the opportunity for
> those same experiences?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Andrew Reimer
> Darboy, Calumet County
>
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> Date: Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 3:06 PM
> Subject: [wisb] "Spark bird" what's yours?
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> 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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