My name is Bill and I am a bird watcher...
Pardon this short breather in the recounting of the Peru adventures. I promise to get the next chapter (about the rest of the trip to El Dorado) up on BOTB tomorrow.
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.
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If you get some rain, encourage it to head south a bit.
See? I thought you needed more rest.
What's rain?
I think Anne and I will go for a boat ride, on our registered pontoon boat.
If the Wardens aren't around, perhaps I will raise a glass in a long distance toast to you and yours.
Hi Bill,
I just wanted to leave a comment about Identify Yourself. I just ordered copies for Backyard Bird Shop out here in Portland, Oregon, and, of course, bought one for myself. I teach beginning birding classes for the local Audubon Society and this book will be no end of help to me in pinning down those ID challenges we work on in classes. It is clear and concise, well written and humorous and I will recommend it to all my students! THANK YOU!!
Laura W.
Portland, OR
Thanks Laura!
Appreciate your kind words about IDY. I had lots of expert help with that book. Very proud of it, though. We tried to eep the writing warm and friendly, like a birding mentor....
Good luck with your class!
Beautiful sky - - -
Breathe in, breathe out
Breathe in, breathe out.
If you knew someone who painted, maybe in watercolors, this could be a lovely painting, as well as a gorgeous photo.
~Kat
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