Morning Fog, Lake Chautauqua
Two ships, morning foglost to all the world beyond.
Face into the wind.
Face into the wind.
Bill of the Birds
My name is Bill and I am a bird watcher...
Thursday, August 10, 2006
About Me
- Name: Bill Thompson, III
- Location: Southeastern, Ohio, United States
Bill Thompson III is the editor of Bird Watcher's Digest by day. He's also a keen birder, the author of many books, a dad, a field trip leader, an ecotourism consultant, a guitar player, the host of the "This Birding Life" podcast, a regular speaker/performer on the birding festival circuit, a gentleman farmer, and a fungi to be around. His North American life list is somewhere between 667 and 669. His favorite bird is the red-headed woodpecker. His "spark bird" was a snowy owl. He has watched birds in 25 countries and 44 states. But his favorite place to watch birds is on the 80-acre farm he shares with his wife, artist/writer Julie Zickefoose. Some kind person once called Bill "The Pied Piper of Birding" and he has been trying to live up to that moniker ever since.
Favorite Birding & Nature Sites
- Bird Watcher's Digest
- Ohio Ornithological Society
- American Birding Association
- American Bird Conservancy
- The Nature Conservancy
- Royal Society for Protection of Birds
- Roger Tory Peterson Institute
- Bird Forum
Links
- Julie Zickefoose's Blog
- The Spark Bird Blog
- Jim McCormac's Ohio Birds
- Jeffrey A. Gordon's Blog
- From the Faraway Nearby
- 10,000 Birds
- Born Again Bird Watcher
- Mike McDowell's Digiscoping
- New Dharma Bums
- Mary's View
- Jeff Bouton's Leica Birding Blog
- Clay's Digiscoping 1000 Quest
- Rondeau Ric
- Mon@rch's Nature Blog
- Stokes' Birding Blog
- Rob Fergus The Birdchaser
- Nikon's Birding to the EDG
- BirdChick
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4 Comments:
Photo is outstanding. Such peace and beauty to be found when you are patient and look.
S.F.
When are you going to put all your poems and photos in a book? We all love them! Glad you and the family are having a great time on Chautauqua Lake. Seen any good birds? LOB
Dear LOB:
The birding is spotty at Chautuaqua--perhaps because the landscape is so manicured and controlled. And there is no "edge" habitat. It's either lawn, beautiful garden, or huge tall trees. Not much in between. Plus there are many cats and some serious lawn care chemicals. We did manage to see a nice magnolia warbler, the usual gulls and cormorants, loads of martins, and a rose-breasted grosbeak. Missed the Chautauqua red-headed woodpeckers which apparently have moved their colony off the grounds.
SF: Many thanks for your kind words. This is one of my favorite images I've ever taken myself. And it was pure serendipity, like so much of what is good in life--unexpected and amazing.
This is an incredible photo, and the poem is perfect.
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