And how would you define "quality bird"?

That ranks right up there with, "What's your favorite bird?"
And that's also under the heading of "different strokes.....etc."
FYI, my favorite/totem bird is the Killdeer, and the story behind that choice is very special to me!

Thanks goodness we're all so different!

Joe Meche
B'ham




-----Original Message-----
From: Michelle Johnson <asmalllife at gmail.com>
To: Mechejmch <mechejmch at aol.com>
Sent: Wed, Jan 4, 2012 12:38 pm
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] FOY


And how would you define "quality bird"? Something that looks good on a list somewhere? My favorite and most memorable bird from a trip to Panama which tallied 300 species overall was a Mountain Thrush. Silly little brown bird, nothing special about it, certainly not exciting or worth writing home about...but it holds a special place in my heart just because of the circumstances.


Michelle Johnson
Oak Harbor, WA


On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Mechejmch <mechejmch at aol.com> wrote:

When I took him on a tour of Whatcom County a few years ago , David Sibley (name dropping) told me, and I quote, "I enjoy a good House Sparrow."

Quality birds, indeed!

Joe Meche
Bellingham







Aren't all birds quality birds, err.... except for maybe Starlings and throw Crows in also:-)

Doug Parrott
Edmonds Wa.






On 1/1/12 1:57 PM, Mechejmch wrote:
I can only wonder....how many of us wait for a "quality bird" to list as our FOY?

Always curious,
Joe Meche