For The Birds

I thought about naming my blog "For The Birds" but the idiomatic meaning (as found on google) is objectionable or worthless. Neither negative meaning is correct for birders. Some activities we do are just for the birds and bring us great excitement and joy.

On a trip some years ago, I took hundreds of photos (this was still in the film age) and when the exposures were developed, there were hundreds of pictures of birds, a few pictures of sites and scenery, two of my husband and none of me! (not a ranking of importance) As we say, this trip was just for the birds and more.

I have begun my quest to drive down every road from California...


for dancing Snowy Egrets


and White-faced Ibis


to New York Island for racing Sanderlings...


for popcorn eating Ring-billed Gulls from Michigan...


and to Texas for preening Roseate Spoonbills


and for egrets and herons


and for Sandhill Cranes at Bosque del Apache, New Mexico and many stops in between.

I have a glass picture with birds that says "Laugh often, Love much, Watch birds". Sometimes it is "For The Birds".