For a South Dakotan, you're mighty sharp (I say that with affection, having been born in Sioux Falls). It's Sanibel in January, on a sunset beach when BOTB, faced with a cold beer and no opener, used his TRIPOD to open it. Oh, I wanna go back.
Bill Thompson III is the editor of Bird Watcher's Digest by day. He's also a keen birder, the author of many books, a dad, a field trip leader, an ecotourism consultant, a guitar player, the host of the "This Birding Life" podcast, a regular speaker/performer on the birding festival circuit, a gentleman farmer, and a fungi to be around. His North American life list is somewhere between 673 and 675. His favorite bird is the red-headed woodpecker. His "spark bird" was a snowy owl. He has watched birds in 25 countries and 44 states. But his favorite place to watch birds is on the 80-acre farm he shares with his wife, artist/writer Julie Zickefoose. Some kind person once called Bill "The Pied Piper of Birding" and he has been trying to live up to that moniker ever since.
4 comments:
Happy New Year! That sunset sure looks like Sanibel...hope we get to return soon.
Happy New Year to you and all those you love, Bill! Let's wish for lots of rosey sunsets in 2009. We all need 'em.
Mary
Wishing you and yours a Very Happy, Healthy and prosperous new year!
For a South Dakotan, you're mighty sharp (I say that with affection, having been born in Sioux Falls). It's Sanibel in January, on a sunset beach when BOTB, faced with a cold beer and no opener, used his TRIPOD to open it. Oh, I wanna go back.
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