Day 46 - Wed Nov 14: Yesterday, I met with a local reporter to talk about the benefits of birding with kids. We spent more than an hour chatting about one of my favorite topics. As the conversation closed, she said, "can I send a photographer out to get some pics of you in the field tomorrow afternoon? It will only take about 15 minutes."
Aargh! "Sure, that would be fine."
Fast forward to this afternoon . . .
The photojournalist arrives promptly after school. Our salutations complete, we head behind the school to look for some birds. It's rather overcast and few birds were out and about. Regardless, I scanned the treetops, bushes, and skies for all manners of birds while she shuttered away.
Not being one to just sit there and get shot, I started chatting birds and birding with kids with her. We talked about different species in flight and how to tell them apart. We talked about various birds she has noticed lately. We talked about how kids are enthralled by wildlife.
And we talked about how rare birds can show up so far from home.
And we talked about the seasonal rhythms of birds.
She left about 90 minutes later with several decent pics of a barely salvagable subject and a nice chunk of new avian knowledge.
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