Feathered Friends #1
"But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows." Luke 12:7 A few years ago, I got inspired to become a "birder." A birder is simply-put: a bird-watcher. What inspired me? Well, I a read an article in Nature Friend Magazine written by a girl my age. She, like me, knew very little about birds, but she wanted to know more. So, she purchased a bird book to help identify them. Then, she grabbed her binoculars and camera and went "birding." Each time she saw a new bird, she wrote it down on her "bird list." All of this sounded fascinating to me. Maybe I could someday know what bird made its nest on our house, or what bird sang in the field everyday. So I did some research, and bought my own bird book: The New Stokes Field Guide to Birds. This book proved to be extremely useful. To this day, it is the best bird field guide that I have ever seen. My bird list began to grow....