Into the third week of the new year here, rounding out my 49th year on this planet as well. Settling back into a work routine after some good time off...
Anyway, the idea: document some of my walks, outings and trips. In the pursuit of new birds, to some degree. I've dabbled in birding a bit in the past: first introduced in Honduras, but later started paying attention again here in Morrison, Colorado, as the hummingbirds arrived at our feeder, the great blue heron revisited our creek, the night heron was spotted again in his fishing spot hear the little dam/water fall. Suddenly I noticed the lazuli buntings, the tanagers, the orioles, the american goldfinches too, and some of their colors were rocking my world. That was two springs back. My attention was taken by other things: chess, work, garden, kids, food. But now it's back.
So I've embarked on my own little big year. Yep, I'm keeping track of my birds this year, and even contemplating a trip or two based on BIRDS. Well hell yeah, it's as good a reason as any to get out and go somewhere else, right?
So this blog is a place to dump some notes, though I'm surely going to comment on other things as well. People that I see along the way. The places, too. And whatever else.
One challenge is that I really don't know my birds too well yet, so we're looking for some growth here. Hence, I would feel weird about really calling this "a big year"-- I'll spend more time trying to figure out what I just saw than tallying up big numbers. But that's all good. So here goes...
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