I and the Bird

I and the Bird #102

June 11, 2009 by Mike No Comments

Whenever I think of Amber Coakley’s engaging blog Birder’s Lounge, it gets me to wondering what a true birder’s lounge might look like. I imagine an old explorer’s club motif minus the taxidermy, probably overlooking a jungle canopy or rich mudflats. Obviously the room would be well-stocked with field guides, reference books, and robust multimedia resources. We’d require comfortable seating, blogging stations, optics care kits, and, if the birders I know are any indication, tons of alcohol! Then again, judging by that selfsame crowd, birders don’t lounge much anyway; there’s always more to see, right?

Clearly, Amber doesn’t lounge much either. Let’s thank this terrific Texas Master Naturalist for a gorgeous, geographically-stimulating edition of I and the Bird #102!

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Written by Mike
Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but he's also a traveler who fully expects to see every bird in the world. Besides founding 10,000 Birds in 2003, Mike has also created a number of other entertaining but now extirpated nature blog resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network and I and the Bird.