ENJOY

Birding—the activity that binds us, drives us—as it drove Cecil and Pamela Brown, Lucy and Bob’s field trips, Francis Weston in his devotion, his determination.  John Audubon himself.  How about the rest of us?  Is it just a game, a sport of some sort, winners and losers?  A hobby?

I hope it’s more than that.  I trust Audubon himself was more about protection of birds than simply painting their pictures.  We bird with more than a singular purpose, and it’s time to make our friends and neighbors aware that birding is not a whim, a hobby, but rather a dedication to our future, to the continued protection of the natural environment—and thereby, the Balance of Nature, the keystone of Life on Earth.

The politics of today is casting a dark shadow over environmental protection and we need to show our determination to succeed in this effort.  No, birding is not just a hobby.  So get out there and count birds this April, and get your friends and neighbors involved.

Let’s make this year’s BIRDATHON something that even our anti-environment Congressman will notice.

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By Jere French