Birds of a Feather is back with our new blog, Birding and Bonding! Our previous objective remains the same. Our goal is to find all birds that live on Long Island year round. The only rule is that in order to add a bird to our list, we must see it when we are together. That's where the bonding comes in. Life can get so hectic that we sometimes fail to enjoy the more important things. This gives us a wonderful outlet to make sure we take the time.

Of course, Long Island has many migratory birds, as well. We certainly don't want to ignore them. We will blog about them as well. Armed with new cameras and renewed incentive, we look forward to getting back on the birding trail!

Friday, February 26, 2010

Moments in Time

There are moments in everyone's life that are forever memorable.  Some good, some not so good.  Whether good or bad, we can recall them with amazing clarity.  My first memorable moment with respect to birding was the time I visited Hawk Mountain Sanctuary with my mom.  As I walked to the back window of the lodge, I was awed by the variety of birds at the bird feeders; birds of every color!  It was beautiful!  That was the catalyst that ignited my bird watching passion.  It was shortly after that that my dad put up a bird feeder in our backyard.  The next memorable moment came when I first saw a Black-capped Chickadee at my feeder.  A more recent memorable moment came when my BFF Ar and I saw, for the first time, 17 Bobwhites march past her deck.  Our visit to Morton on Wednesday gave rise to yet another memorable moment:  that moment when a Chickadee landed in the palm of my hand to feed on the seeds there.  I also had a Downey Woodpecker trying to peck open the peanut right in my hand!  It was an experience like no other, forever memorable.  Having no fear of humans, they were happy to follow us through the park, all the while saying, "May I have some more, please?"  Oh no, I think that was Oliver Twist, but you get the idea. I hope I can encourage all of you to pay a visit there.
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