Getting Ready for a Simple Morning
The stuff above ain't very glamorous (nor is the photo itself - alright, the pic stinks). But the items depicted offer a slight insight into the slight hobby of backyard birding. There's nothing glamorous there... no $2000 lenses, no $1000 binocs... Just pretty simple stuff really.
- A decent camera on a yard-sale tripod
- Some cheap binoculars
- A couples of buckets of birdseed
- A notepad and a pen should we actually spot a Yellow-bellied sap sucker or more likely a Bigfoot
Maybe that's the trick in all this... For the most part we put out some seed, make sure that the birds have water, and then sit back and enjoy. The average reader of this blog doesn't spend thousands going to remote locations just to see the "Pago Pago Knee Knocker Bird". (And I'm not criticizing anyone here! Lord knows I've blown far more on far less than a bird trip.)
But maybe in these times, simplicity has its place.
See you by the feeders,
CapeCodAlan
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