Reasons for blogging

Lots of interesting things are happening and seem to be about to happen in my birding life. Being an open-sort of person (mostly), I'm going to try to share them as the days unfold. They include my beginning to paint birds (started in October 2009 with a weekend course from John O'Neill), my plans to explore Oklahoma birding in 2010, my work towards trying to publish the story of my ABA big year (2008), my work with the Texas Ornithological Society and Fort Worth Audubon Society and maybe another group, my wintering Rufous Hummingbird, and my birding with friends. Ought to keep me going. Stay tuned.