Comments on: Our Mission: Get More People “Out There” With Nature http://laurakammermeier.com/2010/01/getting-out-there-with-nature/ Birds, Words, & Websites Wed, 09 May 2012 11:55:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Who Are The Next “Great” Birders? | Birds, Words, & Websites http://laurakammermeier.com/2010/01/getting-out-there-with-nature/comment-page-1/#comment-9294 Who Are The Next “Great” Birders? | Birds, Words, & Websites Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:39:03 +0000 http://laurakammermeier.com/?p=4175#comment-9294 [...] a January blogpost, I proposed the [...] [...] a January blogpost, I proposed the [...]

]]> By: Kids in Nature: Proud Warriors of Chimney Bluffs | Birds, Words, & Websites http://laurakammermeier.com/2010/01/getting-out-there-with-nature/comment-page-1/#comment-2463 Kids in Nature: Proud Warriors of Chimney Bluffs | Birds, Words, & Websites Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:47:23 +0000 http://laurakammermeier.com/?p=4175#comment-2463 [...] This essay, which I first wrote in 2007, seemed worthy of resurrection after my last post about kids in nature. [...] [...] This essay, which I first wrote in 2007, seemed worthy of resurrection after my last post about kids in nature. [...]

]]> By: Stuart Gillies http://laurakammermeier.com/2010/01/getting-out-there-with-nature/comment-page-1/#comment-2424 Stuart Gillies Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:03:58 +0000 http://laurakammermeier.com/?p=4175#comment-2424 We have a brilliant guy in the UK called David Lindo - aka The Urban Birder. He has a site on blogger and his own website. Basically, he enthuses people about the nature on their doorstep. It resonates with me because my passion for natural history did not begin with trips to "the wild" but rather with what was there and accessible on, or near, our housing estate. I fell under the spell of Bullfinches, Sparrowhawks, Tadpoles, Bindweed, Sticklebacks, and Rowans right outside the front door. You know what? I still am. May your quest gather great momentum! We have a brilliant guy in the UK called David Lindo – aka The Urban Birder. He has a site on blogger and his own website. Basically, he enthuses people about the nature on their doorstep.
It resonates with me because my passion for natural history did not begin with trips to “the wild” but rather with what was there and accessible on, or near, our housing estate.
I fell under the spell of Bullfinches, Sparrowhawks, Tadpoles, Bindweed, Sticklebacks, and Rowans right outside the front door.
You know what? I still am.
May your quest gather great momentum!

]]> By: Priscilla http://laurakammermeier.com/2010/01/getting-out-there-with-nature/comment-page-1/#comment-2418 Priscilla Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:50:13 +0000 http://laurakammermeier.com/?p=4175#comment-2418 Well, I did try to take June out canoeing at Mendon Ponds and she had a panic attack. Ever since we've stuck to drinking Merlot on her backyard deck as the sun sets. You can imagine then that I wasn't so sure how her kids would do. Two summers ago, though, I took June's daughter canoeing on Canadice Lake. For the first 20 minutes, her daughter's two most repeated comments were "I'm tired" and "How much longer", but then that magic that you just can't explain to people who don't go outside, took over. A King Fisher dive bombed into the lake and a Heron flew off. Suddenly, it was "Wow, this is fun" and "when can we go again"? Well, I did try to take June out canoeing at Mendon Ponds and she had a panic attack. Ever since we’ve stuck to drinking Merlot on her backyard deck as the sun sets. You can imagine then that I wasn’t so sure how her kids would do. Two summers ago, though, I took June’s daughter canoeing on Canadice Lake. For the first 20 minutes, her daughter’s two most repeated comments were “I’m tired” and “How much longer”, but then that magic that you just can’t explain to people who don’t go outside, took over. A King Fisher dive bombed into the lake and a Heron flew off. Suddenly, it was “Wow, this is fun” and “when can we go again”?

]]> By: Laura K http://laurakammermeier.com/2010/01/getting-out-there-with-nature/comment-page-1/#comment-2416 Laura K Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:42:43 +0000 http://laurakammermeier.com/?p=4175#comment-2416 I assure you that was purely coincidental... However, I do want to live up to our plan to take Deb bird watching this spring. Let's do it! I assure you that was purely coincidental…

However, I do want to live up to our plan to take Deb bird watching this spring. Let’s do it!

]]> By: June http://laurakammermeier.com/2010/01/getting-out-there-with-nature/comment-page-1/#comment-2415 June Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:14:55 +0000 http://laurakammermeier.com/?p=4175#comment-2415 Is this directed at anyone in particular? I like Merlot. Is this directed at anyone in particular? I like Merlot.

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