Okay. Time for me to bow my head in shame. A dear friend pointed out to me that there was no mention of the gender of Bill's neighbor. Sometimes we are slapped in our own faces by biases that run so deep. As the mother of two women and the grandma of a little girl I find it so strange that I leaped to this conclusion about this eight year old child.
Apologies to all the great birders and naturalists out there whether you started as a little girl or a little boy. Linda Orkin Ithaca Sent from my iPhone On Sep 6, 2012, at 11:09 AM, Linda Orkin <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow, that is a great story and something that young boy will never ever > forget!! > > One of my goals this year is to get a "young birders" club going....under the > umbrella of the Cayuga Bird Club. I wonder if your neighbor would be > interested in something like this. and I don't have anything actually worked > out yet. But if anyone knows anyone, let me know. I think the first step > would be to generate a list of interested youngsters. > > Thanks Bill, for sharing this with us all. It is a wonderful image to cling > to. > > > Linda Orkin > Ithaca... > > On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Bill Mcaneny <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is something I would bet has been seen by nobody on this list-serve. A > neighbor of mine watched as a brood of baby WOOD DUCKS tumbled from a big > maple tree on my street. The mother headed for a tiny pond nearby and my > neighbor assisted by herding the ducklings in that direction. My neighbor is > 8 years old. I am envious. How about you? > > Bill McAneny, TBurg > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- > > > > -- > Don't ask what your bird club can do for you, ask what you can do for your > bird club!! <')_,/ > > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
