Here are a few more winter bird photos to stave off that post-Christmas letdown …
Post-Christmas bonus cards
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Christmas card 8 from Birds of New England
Merry Christmas! With a few bonus cards.
Christmas card 7 from Birds of New England
Christmas card 6 from Birds of New England
Christmas card 5 from Birds of New England
Have an island nature preserve named after you
Here’s a release from my friends at the Norwalk Land Trust:
The Norwalk Land Trust is looking for a donor to contribute $60,000 towards the final cost of remediating Hoyt Island in return for naming a new bird sanctuary on the entire the three-acre tract on Long Island Sound after himself/herself or a family member or loved one.
D. Seeley Hubbard, president of the NLT, said a tax-deductible donation is “a wonderful opportunity for an environmentalist to establish in the spirit of the season an enduring legacy with the movement to conserve the ecological vitality of Long Island Sound.”
Additional information is available from NLT director Midge Kennedy at (203) 838-9985. The island is a natural habitat for 149 species of birds–some of whom are rare or endangered–and other wildlife and native plants. Once the preserve is complete, the island will be closed to humans other than two people designated by the donor.
Continue readingChristmas card 4 from Birds of New England
Christmas card 3 from Birds of New England
Bonus For the Birds: Christmas gifts for the birder
Here’s a Christmas column I wrote 6 years ago (Andrew is now 18). I stumbled across it on the internet and figured I’d rerun it. Why not? I thought the introductory story was pretty funny and I remember the day well. Some of the gift ideas may be out of date as this is an unedited version of the original column.
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My son Andrew, now 12, needed a new pair of pants for school. And he needed them for the next day. Unfortunately it was a Sunday afternoon during the holiday shopping season.
Oh boy. Let’s get this over with, I said to myself. I avoid shopping malls and plazas at all costs all year round, let alone during a weekend a few weeks before Christmas.
It was even worse than I imagined. Parking was not an issue. There were plenty of spots far from the entrance and I don’t mind walking a few extra steps to avoid fighting over the closer spots.
Continue readingChristmas card 2 from Birds of New England
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