Comments on: My Life’s Birds: #371 http://thedrinkingbirdblog.com/2010/02/03/my-lifes-birds-372/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:39:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: jason http://thedrinkingbirdblog.com/2010/02/03/my-lifes-birds-372/#comment-2081 jason Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:33:46 +0000 http://thedrinkingbirdblog.com/?p=2051#comment-2081 I know many others who've had the same kind of experience as you, Nate. I think it's interesting because it's like a kind of burnout when everything becomes familiar and known, and it seems to kill the sense of discovery and its associated thrill. I'm grateful yours was a temporary "dark age." Thankfully almost four decades of observing and enjoying nature never diminished my joy when seeing the ubiquitous and common. I saw my first titmouse some 35 years ago yet never lost the thrill of seeing them and observing them, like each encounter is the first time. My mother is the source of that constantly renewed sense of awe and intrigue; to this day she still shines with childlike glee when she sees a common grackle or a cricket frog. I know many others who’ve had the same kind of experience as you, Nate. I think it’s interesting because it’s like a kind of burnout when everything becomes familiar and known, and it seems to kill the sense of discovery and its associated thrill. I’m grateful yours was a temporary “dark age.”

Thankfully almost four decades of observing and enjoying nature never diminished my joy when seeing the ubiquitous and common. I saw my first titmouse some 35 years ago yet never lost the thrill of seeing them and observing them, like each encounter is the first time. My mother is the source of that constantly renewed sense of awe and intrigue; to this day she still shines with childlike glee when she sees a common grackle or a cricket frog.

]]> By: Nate http://thedrinkingbirdblog.com/2010/02/03/my-lifes-birds-372/#comment-2077 Nate Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:11:16 +0000 http://thedrinkingbirdblog.com/?p=2051#comment-2077 @Jochen- They were dark as you imagine. There will be a significant leap forward in time for the next bird. @Jochen- They were dark as you imagine. There will be a significant leap forward in time for the next bird.

]]> By: Jochen http://thedrinkingbirdblog.com/2010/02/03/my-lifes-birds-372/#comment-2075 Jochen Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:35:35 +0000 http://thedrinkingbirdblog.com/?p=2051#comment-2075 Oh dear, your birding dark age... at species #372. Now you've awoken my curiosity, let's see how and what you did in those dark times as well, ey? Oh dear, your birding dark age… at species #372. Now you’ve awoken my curiosity, let’s see how and what you did in those dark times as well, ey?

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