30 days from today I’ll be 50 years old. I don’t think turning 50 is a bad thing. I don’t usually stress over birthdays so this one should be reached without much fanfare. Things are pretty good right now. I have a solid career that I’ll be retiring from in the next 3 to 5 years. My relationship is very strong. We’ve almost been together for 10 years. I have several hobbies that keep me busy in my free time. I would like to be making more money but that’s what I get for taking a public sector job. I’m pretty materialistic and always want more things but I hope in my older age I’ll put less importance on items. I would like to be thinner and be a bit healthier but I make choices that won’t make that happen unless I change my ways. Overall though I’m pretty happy and pretty content in my life right now. I don’t think turning 50 will have too much of an effect on me. It’s a milestone birthday but I don’t expect much to change.
Month: April 2014
Brown-headed Cowbird
Today we went walking on the Glover Archbold Trail looking for more new birds. We walked for just about an hour and saw no new birds. Just as we were about to leave the trail and brown bird appeared in front of us. Turns out it was a female Brown-headed Cowbird. She was not scared of us at all. I took tons of pictures of her but I like this one the best because she was singing and I caught her in mid song. She is bird #42 for the year.
Spring Table
We are having a dinner party this evening so I decided to play with the camera and create a video. My voice is very cheesy on the video. Ugh! I learned more about iMovie 10 with this video. I do enjoy videos but this one is cheesy like my voice. Enjoy!
Migrating Warblers
This morning I went to Riverbend Park to do some more bird watching. As with other recent park visits, I saw lots and lots of birds I’ve already photographed. I did see two warblers that I’d not seen or photographed before. After doing some research to find out what birds they were, I found that they are both warblers who are migrating north and stop in the park on their way. The new birds are:
#40 Yellow-rumped Warbler
#41 Palm Warbler
New Birds!
Early this morning I went to Ellanor Lawrence Park to look for more new birds. The place was very busy with birds flying all around. So many of them I’ve photographed already this year but I was able to capture 4 new birds to add to the list. I’m now up to 39 birds for 2014. The new birds are:
#36 Chipping Sparrow
#37 House Wren
#38 Eastern Towhee
#39 Eastern Bluebird
