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Next gen. of birders, sweet. On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 11:24 AM, Alison Wagner <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear Birders (celebrating migration), > > On Tuesday, while waiting at the bus stop for a seven-year-old friend, I > heard a familiar sound coming from up the road. Once Levi got off the bus, > we investigated: > > A: Put your stuff in the car, we’re going for a walk down the road. > L: Where are we going?” > A: To hear an orchestra. > L: What’s an orchestra? > A: A group of musicians working together to make beautiful music. > > At that point, he stopped walking down the road and just listened. > > L: BLACKBIRDS!? > A: Where do you suppose we’ll find them? > > He knew just the spot, where a small stream ribbons its way through a > young forest, near very wet woods. Sure enough, there they were! > > A: I’ll count them first and then keep the number to myself and you can > count. Okay, I’ve got my number. > > I hand my bins to him. > > L: Wow! These are nice binocl’rs!...I can’t count that many! > A: It is a lot. I counted 98...all males. > > The birds flew across the road in much better viewing conditions. > > A: Woah! One of them changed into a Starling! > L: Okay, so there’s...97! > > We listened to their chatter and watched them eventually all fly off in > smaller groups. > > A: You want to enter the data in your eBird account?... > L: Okay. > > Ali > Huntington >