[mou] Lighter Side of Birding

[Pastor Al Schirmacher]

Few definitions to consider:

* Pishing - activity to keep a birder occupied until birds can actually be 
seen.

* Lens fogging - ocular condensation, inversely proportional to scarcity of 
bird.

* Listing - adult version of baseball card/stamp/coin/bottle cap/rock/belly 
lint collecting.  Not listing - higher state of being for only the very few 
& select among us.

* Year/state/county/yard list - opportunity to make even starlings seem new.

" Lists titled "Birds on a powerline", "Birds seen on golf courses while 20+ 
over par", "Birds heard while making love" et al - good idea taken perhaps a 
bit far.

* List question mark - maybe, maybe, maybe it was something good. 
Documentation - such uncertainty shared with knowledgeable strangers - 
opportunity to take insecurity to a whole new level.

* Ticks - accumulated while birding, means something very different over the 
water.

* Ornithologist - you mean I can make this into a job?

With apologies to anyone unintentionally offended.  I'm sure you have 
others.  Good birding and Happy New Year to all!

Al Schirmacher
Princeton, MN
Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties