Random Gleanings from the BirdSphere #30

Introduction: A daily (or as often as I can find time to compile it) feature that highlights recent entries from North American bird blogs listed in my blogroll; also see here.

Today’s Featured Bird Blog:

2 Birders to Go – “This is a journal of our birding/photography trips,” by Bob & Cynthia Kaufman in South Pasadena, California (online since August 2006)

Today’s Featured Bird Blog Entry (excerpt):

Hepacure

We were cruising down the 5 Freeway. Songs of praise and worship softly playing from the car stereo. Both of us unusually quiet. Unbeknownst to each other, we were thinking the same thoughts. Given our recent spate of bad luck, is it worth driving the 120-odd miles to San Diego to see a species of tanager that is seldom seen in these parts of California? But we are birders and birders are made of sterner stuff. We take our disappointments lightly and our victories jubilantly. We persevere, taking no-shows with a grain of salt and then moving on.

[click here to read the rest of this entry, as originally posted by Bob and Cynthia Kaufman on February 26, 2007]

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