[ORyoungbirder] Welcome!

[Jim Norton]

Quoting Karl Fairchild <dendroicaman at peak.org>:

> Hi All,
>
> I expect everyone got the listserv welcome message.  I think I 
> already know most people on the list, but I figured I should 
> introduce my partner in this endeavor/our list owner, Jim Norton.  
> Both of us will try to make it run as smoothly as possible.  If 
> others wish to introduce themselves and say a little bit about how 
> they got into birding, that would be cool.  As for me, I got into 
> birding at about 8 years old, with my first bird being a Smew that my 
> folks (both birders) went to see.
>
> Also, now that the listserv has officially started, feel free to 
> encourage any younger birding friends/ family to join as well!
>
> I chased the Polk County Sedge Wren yesterday without much success.  
> One promising bird but only a very brief glimpse.  Successfully 
> chased the Summer Tanager in Alvadore today.
>
> Good Birding!
> Karl
>
> Karl Fairchild
> Philomath, OR
> 21
>
> P.S.--Thanks to David Schas for posting the inaugural birding message!
>
>

Hello everybody. I must admit that I'm not really a *birder* but rather 
a photographer interested in bird photography. So this means that I'm 
not likely to be out with a pair of binoculars hoping to get a glimpse 
of a particular species of bird etc. However, I do own a copy of "The 
Sibley Guide to Birds" and I enjoy watching birds and learning their 
behavior and names.

I'm likely to be found tagging along with *birders* to get some 
photographs of birds.

Hey! I guess that sort of makes me a young birder then?  :-)

Anyways, please enjoy the list and let either Karl or myself know if we 
can do something to make this list more helpful.

Heres to good birding and photographing!


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Jim Norton

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the 
silence of our friends."
    -Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)
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