While I've loved the opportunity to photograph the short-eared and snowy owls this winter, I still get a rush over a varied thrush.

- Tom

On Mar 31, 2012, at 12:48 PM, Mary Metz <maryjmetz at yahoo.com> wrote:

> It's not like I see (or take photos of) a lot of amazingly rare birds but my employers offered me a Paul Bannick print for an anniversary gift. I dithered for months and finally decided on a varied thrush. When I told him he said, "You always pick the strangest things. You've *seen* all the snowy owl shots I've been getting, right?" And those are fabulous and unusual photos and it has been the year of the snowy owl which is a damned fine bird but the varied thrush, while not incredibly rare, is a pretty bird, too.
>
> (And Paul, this could be a hint, yes.)
>
> --- On Sat, 3/31/12, Barry Ulman <ubarry at qwest.net> wrote:
>
> From: Barry Ulman <ubarry at qwest.net>
> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] re: Thankful for the "Commonplace"
> To: "dave templeton" <crazydave65 at gmail.com>
> Cc: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Date: Saturday, March 31, 2012, 11:43 AM
>
> I went on a birding tour to Australia and New Guinea once. At one spot in Cairns, Australia, there were a number of RAINBOW BEE-EATERS diving at insects over a pond. I wanted to try for photographs of these spectacular birds, but our leader wanted to get on with the tour for the sake of the listers. When I requested more time with the bee-eaters, his reply was, "Oh, they're common." Which may be true in his native Australia, but they sure aren't common here in the U.S. And they're beautiful.
>
> What would he think if he were over here and wanted to gawk at a Steller's Jay, and I said, "Oh, they're just common. Let's get out of here."?
>
> Barry Ulman
> Bellingham, WA.
>
> On Mar 31, 2012, at 9:47 AM, dave templeton wrote:
>
> > couldn't agree more. for me it shows up as 'the' image of (insert name of common bird here). i show that image to others; some say wow that's nice', but others say, 'but that's just a ((insert name of common bird here).' to which i reply, 'yeah, but it's a pretty good (insert name of same common bird here).'
> >
> > i have a pretty good steller's jay, a couple good red winged blackbirds at different stages, and an almost good image of a junco, but i still haven't got the essence of a robin.
> >
> > kinda keeps stuff in perspective.
> >
> > t
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