January 30, 2012

Golden Oldies...

I apologize for being M.I.A. lately, I've been out and about doing Short-eared Owl and Northern Harrier surveys and trying to catch up on some "home tasks" that have been nagging away at me... 

For example, I've been meaning to scan my old hard copy, pre-digital photographs into my computer for years.  I figure if I scan just a few every day, I might be done by the time I die.  My fears of having the originals get destroyed without having backups makes me feel kind of ooky and makes it clear to me that I have fully moved into the digital age, despite my lacking a smart phone...

While I wish I could say that I've been birding since I was a wee chitlin', I actually didn't become a full-blown bird nerd until my mid-twenties.  But I can say that I've always loved critters, whether furred or feathered, and have always found joy in animals, be them wild or domestic.  If you ask me, being more comfortable with animals than people is a classic sign of a future nerd.  Here are a couple of "prophecy shots" from memory lane that I couldn't help but share...



And this one is especially for Jen, the Florida/early 90's/fanny-pack/macaw parallel is just too uncanny...I am still laughing out loud...
 

Thanks for joining me in a little reminiscing, I promise the next post will be more current!

4 comments:

  1. I just started choking from laughing so hard... This is amazing- I am so glad I am not alone!!!

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  2. Bird nerds unite! I just about died when I unearthed that photo and immediately thought of your oh-so-similar shot! Cheers to dorky childhood memories. Although...those fanny packs would probably come in pretty handy for present-day birding...

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  3. I'm kind of a dream geek myself and was surprised to hear that you've been having Snowy Owl dreams. I've had a number of them over the past two months - never dreamt of them before. Had one a couple nights back. I am curious how many other folks have been having Snowy dreams? My wife and I are headed up to Washington State this weekend to see if we can spot them. FYI, I read Jen's blog regularly - she honored you with a link on her blog. It appears you two are kindred spirits!

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    1. Oooh, I've heard there are loads of 'em out there, Good Luck this weekend! I still have yet to see one here in Maine and have taken to calling them 'Nowy Owls because there are no owls when I try to find them. I bet others are having Snowy dreams too, they certainly are pretty powerful creatures! Everyone in our house has had the dreams, but that might be because I keep obsessing about them...

      Jen is hilarious, I love her blog! Thanks for checking out Burly Bird!

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