[wisb] Re: "Spark bird" what's yours?
- From: David Flores <flores.david84@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "pready@xxxxxxx" <pready@xxxxxxx>, "wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:57:26 -0800 (PST)
It's hard to say, because I have a spark bird or two every year now. This has
lead to me reading and re-reading my Peterson's or after reading a post on the
list serve, going to the web and reading about that bird,. Warblers, in
general, are the spark bird, which has kept me engaged in birding as an adult.
Having a bit of knowledge and noticing something so beautiful that passes by,
without most ever knowing, is like having a secret, but this one you can tell
who ever will listen.
But, I have to say, that going way back, I'd have to say that bluejays are
my ultimate spark bird. I can remember seeing these big boisterous blue
bold birds (now how's that for alliteration- quite unintentional, until I added
bold) every summer when my parents would take us camping. I still think of
camping with my family when I hear a blue bird squawk.
David Flores
S.Milwaukee
"Many photographers think they are photographing nature, when they are only
caricaturing her" Ralph Waldo Emerson
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From: pready tds.net <pready@xxxxxxx>
To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 3:06 PM
Subject: [wisb] "Spark bird" what's yours?
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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