Shemaiah, I really enjoyed listening to the podcast episode you did with Courtney.
Courtney, thank you for your guest post here. I appreciate you sharing your journey to becoming a birder, as you call it, and examples of how others have come to find joy in birding.
I am not (yet) a birder but I do get excited when I see certain birds fly overhead or land in a place where I can get a good glimpse of them. So far I only know them as that "beautiful blue bird" or "the red one... Maybe a cardinal?" I marvel and wonder why God gave some such long tail feathers and others such ornate coloring. Others scare me but some are so impressive and majestic. In any case, I think I'm well on my way to "becoming" a true birder some day. For now, I'm encouraged to keep my eyes open and embrace the small moments of joy I experience by embracing the beauty of God's creation, even if I don't have much knowledge to go along with it.
Shemaiah, I really enjoyed listening to the podcast episode you did with Courtney.
Courtney, thank you for your guest post here. I appreciate you sharing your journey to becoming a birder, as you call it, and examples of how others have come to find joy in birding.
I am not (yet) a birder but I do get excited when I see certain birds fly overhead or land in a place where I can get a good glimpse of them. So far I only know them as that "beautiful blue bird" or "the red one... Maybe a cardinal?" I marvel and wonder why God gave some such long tail feathers and others such ornate coloring. Others scare me but some are so impressive and majestic. In any case, I think I'm well on my way to "becoming" a true birder some day. For now, I'm encouraged to keep my eyes open and embrace the small moments of joy I experience by embracing the beauty of God's creation, even if I don't have much knowledge to go along with it.