You Know You're a Bluebird Nut When :)
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 12:59:29 EDT
From: KCBSP"at"aol.com
To: BLUEBIRD-L"at"cornell.edu
Subject: You know you're a "Bluebird Nut" when:
Kathy Clark New Cumberland, PA
Somebody gave this to me once. I thought you might enjoy it. If anybody wants
to lets add some of our own just for fun!! I'll add then on.. Game?
You know you're a "Bluebird Nut" when:
1. You spend your entire vacation picking up bluebird souvenirs.
2 . Your monthly long distance phone bill is in triple digits due to bluebird
calls.
3. Your new nickmane is "Mr. (or Mrs. or Ms.) Bluebird."
4. You've developed a technique for trapping people in a corner so that they
can't escape when you're talking bluebirds.
5. There is a bluebird-related item in EVERY room of your house.
6. You realize that the only books you've read in the past five years are about
bluebirds.
7. Your kids want to move out of the house because they've heard that "B" word
one too many times.
8. Mealworms escape the container and they infest your house--exterminator is
required. (Extreme "Bluebird Nut" if the worms are simply relocated rather
than banned from the house.)
9. There are more bluebird plates in your house than dinner plates.
10. You suffer "empty nest syndrome" whenver your nestlings leave one of your
bluebird boxes.
Date: 9 Jun 2000 20:11:46 -0000
From: "Stan Merrill, St. Paul, MN" stan_bb"at"Messagez.com
To: KCBSP"at"aol.com
Cc: BLUEBIRD-L"at"cornell.edu
Subject: Re:You know you\'re a BB Nut when...
Hi Kathy and Everybirdie!
Great idea!
Though I'm technically just a "bluebird wannabe," (still awaiting bluebirds
in my Townhome area...maybe hopeless, who knows,) but still could qualify as a
bluebird nut (do enjoy all the BLUEBIRD-L Postings).
Guess I have to confess to being a bluebird nut, if confronted with
incriminating evidence, such as:
taping the Bluebird Song, from the Website:
http://home.afo.net/~bulpitt/bluebird.htm
...not just one copy, but two (one for myself + one to share with my sister
in Arkansas when visiting in March, accompanying her on monitoring a 14-boxes BB
trail on the "back 9" of a local golf course).
Then I guess going outside, playing the bluebird song tape, eagerly hoping
for the appearance of bluebirds, would "cap" the evidence needed to classify me
as a bluebird nut.
Why would I do that? Because I've been successful in attracting chickadees to
our deck (when I hear them in the area) via playing the "chickadee" song of the
DinnerSong tape; and I was hoping the same would work in drawing in the area
bluebirds.
So, in summary:
You know you're a BB nut when...
(11, or whatever) you tape the Bluebird Song from the website, and play it
outside, in hopes of attracting bluebirds.
(12) you pay over $25 for bluebird feeders and mealworms, to be ready for their
arrival in your area.
(13) your personal library contains multiple copies of Bluebird books (I happen
to have four) and the video, "Bluebirds Up Close."
That's just dealing with Bluebirds. In fact, I have listed the bird books
(alphabetically by author) in my personal library on the computer, so I can take
with me the three-page printout when I'm "browsing" in a bookstore, to avoid
buying duplicate copies. And, my den is "bulging" with a sundry of bird
items...not to mention subscriptions to my four favorites -- "Birds & Blooms,"
"Wild Birds," "Birder's World," and "Audubon,"
Happy Bluebirding!
Stan, St. Paul, MN
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On Fri, 9 Jun 2000 12:59:29 EDT KCBSP"at"aol.com wrote:
Kathy Clark New Cumberland, PA
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Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 17:21:02 EDT
From: "Kevin Bloom" kjbloom20"at"hotmail.com
To: stan_bb"at"Messagez.com
Cc: Bluebird-l"at"cornell.edu
Subject: Re:You know you\'re a BB Nut when...
Hey!Hey! May I add another one? You knwo you are a Bluebird nut when you have
as many bluebird org. as I do!! Agreed? |Actually it is because I want to help
all that I can!! |
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Kevin Bloom |
Sunbury PA (55 miles North of Harrisburg) |
E-mail: kjbloom20"at"hotmail.com |
Lat: 40:50:29.735N Lon: 76:40:58.375W |
Member of North American Bluebird Society and....|
BSP,OBS,BAN,MBT,NCBS,NYSBS,EBF,BAM,NHBC,VBS,BBRP,IBS,IBP,TBN,PBRP,BCBST
THE BLUEBIRD-L REF-GUIDE:
http://www.crosswinds.net/~bluebirdguide/
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Date: 10 Jun 2000 01:39:04 -0000
From: "Stan Merrill, St. Paul, MN" stan_bb"at"Messagez.com
To: KCBSP"at"aol.com
Cc: Bluebird-l"at"cornell.edu, stan_bb"at"Messagez.com
Subject: Re:You know you\'re a BB Nut when...
Hi Kathy and Everybirdie!
Ready for another one???
You know you're a bluebird nut when...
you DRIVE 900 miles (one way) to see a 14-box bluebird trail, of real (not
pictures) Eastern Bluebirds (EABL) with nests of eggs and chicks (ranging from
newly hatched to nearly feathered).
And, that's exactly what my wife and I did early March, to alleviate our
"cabin fever" in MinneSNOWta and visit my sister, brother-in-law, and nephew in
Hot Springs Village, Arkansas.
Happy bluebirding! Stan, St. Paul, MN
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On Fri, 9 Jun 2000 12:59:29 EDT KCBSP"at"aol.com wrote:
Kathy Clark New Cumberland, PA
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Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 08:12:31 -0500
From: Carolyn Hall cjhall"at"huntel.net
To: BLUEBIRD-L"at"cornell.edu
Subject: Bluebird Nut list started by Steve and Cheryl Eno
From Carolyn Hall, Bassett, NE-we got 1/4" rain last night. Better than
nothing!!! Bluebird babies fledging and tree swallow babies growing!
Kathy Clark recently sent around a "Bluebird Nut" list and I sent it on to Steve
and Cheryl Eno of Raymond, NE since they are not hooked to the
Bluebird-L. Here is Cheryl's response:
Carolyn --
Steve & I wrote that for a BAN newsletter a few years ago. It's funny to have
it come around after all this time. Still holds true! Thanks. Cheryl
The Eno's email address is: cleno"at"aol.com
If you have not read the Bluebird Nut list , it is listed below:
Kathy Clark New Cumberland, PA
Somebody gave this to me once. I thought you might enjoy it. If anybody
wants to lets add some of our own just for fun!! I'll add then on.. Game?
You know you're a "Bluebird Nut" when:
1. You spend your entire vacation picking up bluebird souvenirs.
2 . Your monthly long distance phone bill is in triple digits due to bluebird
calls.
3. Your new nickmane is "Mr. (or Mrs. or Ms.) Bluebird."
4. You've developed a technique for trapping people in a corner so that they
can't
escape when you're talking bluebirds.
5. There is a bluebird-related item in EVERY room of your house.
6. You realize that the only books you've read in the past five years are
about
bluebirds.
7. Your kids want to move out of the house because they've heard that "B"
word one too many times.
8. Mealworms escape the container and they infest your house--exterminator
is required. (Extreme "Bluebird Nut" if the worms are simply relocated
rather
than banned from the house.)
9. There are more bluebird plates in your house than dinner plates.
10. You suffer "empty nest syndrome" whenver your nestlings leave one of your
bluebird boxes.
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 15:31:17 EDT
From: KCBSP"at"aol.com
To: KCBSP"at"aol.com
Cc: CLENO"at"aol.com, BLUEBIRD-L"at"cornell.edu
Subject: You know you are a "Bluebird Nut" when: (updated)
Here's the newer ones added on.... any more?
You know you're a "Bluebird Nut" when:
1. You spend your entire vacation picking up bluebird souvenirs.
2 . Your monthly long distance phone bill is in triple digits due to bluebird
calls.
3. Your new nickmane is "Mr. (or Mrs. or Ms.) Bluebird."
4. You've developed a technique for trapping people in a corner so that they
can't escape when you're talking bluebirds.
5. There is a bluebird-related item in EVERY room of your house.
6. You realize that the only books you've read in the past five years are about
bluebirds.
7. Your kids want to move out of the house because they've heard that "B" word
one too many times.
8. Mealworms escape the container and they infest your house--exterminator is
required. (Extreme "Bluebird Nut" if the worms are simply relocated
rather than banned from the house.)
9. There are more bluebird plates in your house than dinner plates.
10. You suffer "empty nest syndrome" whenver your nestlings leave one of your
bluebird boxes.
11. You tape the Bluebird Song from the website, and play it outside, in hopes
of attracting bluebirds.
12 .You pay over $25 for bluebird feeders and mealworms, to be ready for their
arrival in your area.
13. Your personal library contains multiple copies of Bluebird books
14. You know you are a Bluebird nut when you have as many bluebird org. as I
do!! Agreed? |Actually it is because I want to help all that I can!! Member of
North American Bluebird Society
BSP,OBS,BAN,MBT,NCBS,NYSBS,EBF,BAM,NHBC,VBS,BBRP,IBS,IBP,TBN,PBRP,BCBST
15. When you no longer wear necklaces and wonder why binocs don't come in
fashion colors.
16. You DRIVE 900 miles (one way) to see a 14-box bluebird trail, of real (not
pictures) Eastern Bluebirds (EABL) with nests of eggs and chicks
(ranging from newly hatched to nearly feathered).
17. You know you are a bluebird nut when all of your T shirts aren't from
different places but have pictures of bluebirds on them..
From: Bruce Burdett [mailto:blueburd"at"verizon.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: Obsession
Perez Veronica, (or is it Veronica Perez?)
Your husband says that you are obsessed. I have always believed that in order to become really good at anything you have to be, to some degree, obsessed by it. All of our greatest violinists, baseball players, painters, fly fishermen, pianists, cooks, gardeners, photographers, singers, architects, writers, woodworkers, tennis players, - you name it - were obsessed. The same principle, I think, applies to Bluebirders, or naturalists of any kind. Bluebirding is not high science, but it's a science none the less, and it takes study, persistence, practice, experience, failure, imagination, determination, experiment, curiosity, powers of observation, and, yes - obsession.
Obsession, in that sense, is a *good* thing. It's even an essential.
thing., in my opinion.
Bruce Burdett SW NH
From: Perez Veronica [mailto:v_perez11"at"yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: Obsession
It is Veronica Perez :) . I keep forgetting to put my name and location at the end of emails.
I do tend to become obsessed with things and my husband knows this. He is allowed to remind me that I am becoming obsessive in case I stop going in to work one day to stay at home and wait for a bluebird to come to the feeder. Ofcourse he would probably really think of having me see a psychiatrist if I suggest selling the house so we could move in a neighborhood where I could have more acreage to set up a bluebird trail ....;).
Veronica Perez
Richmond , VA
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