Birders – Birding Guides and a Long Driving Trip
By Donna Bessken
Why am I a birder? What is so special about my birding guides? What actually happens on those long drives to meetings? A short true story may shed some light on those issues. Often I am surprised when driving along at 65 miles an hour and I see a red tail hawk overhead and someone says “Oh look at the buzzard.” Continue reading
The binoculars I am using are Bushnell compact and the previous post described the most similar contemporary model available.
Mine are as old as these Appalachian hills through which I have been winding my way for days. I am loving the mountains as always and again.
Though the last time I went through the Great Smokies, I was not the driver, so maybe I did not notice as keenly how many turns there are in these mountain roads. I took my cousins for a drive and they declare they will not ride with me again. “cowboy” they called me! HMPH!
Meanwhile, I did make some comments about the bird guides I am using during this trip at my other site. So I will not be redundant here.
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