tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675426.post6433177012438076869..comments2023-10-12T06:58:26.451-04:00Comments on Mary's View: New River Birding & Nature Festival: My IntroMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02040099513110890878noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675426.post-30580052882984094942009-05-11T05:13:00.000-04:002009-05-11T05:13:00.000-04:00Mary, you are a hoot as always. You made me laugh...Mary, you are a hoot as always. You made me laugh and cry and miss you already!Kathie Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10377224759599266209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675426.post-48610357336093604112009-05-10T18:01:00.000-04:002009-05-10T18:01:00.000-04:00Will "F the Swainson's" be the secret password fro...Will "F the Swainson's" be the secret password from now on, Mary? I can see people throwing it into conversations to discern the birdy cognoscenti. <br /><br />You sound so glad you went! <br /><br />Annie at the Transplantable RoseAnnie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675426.post-9239802421073081212009-05-09T14:24:00.000-04:002009-05-09T14:24:00.000-04:00Sounds like a great time - too bad you were rained...Sounds like a great time - too bad you were rained out.JeanMachttp://amountaintoohigh.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675426.post-29730133651981133572009-05-08T01:05:00.000-04:002009-05-08T01:05:00.000-04:00A belated welcome back to you Mary! What fun you ...A belated welcome back to you Mary! What fun you and the flock must have had :) If I had that much fun with Ruthie for just a couple hours, it must have been incalculable with so many of you in one cabin for 6 days!Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302493174417839271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675426.post-45216281176118055932009-05-07T16:44:00.000-04:002009-05-07T16:44:00.000-04:00Hi Mary,
Haven't been around for awhile. Looks li...Hi Mary,<br />Haven't been around for awhile. Looks like you had a good time. How fun! Great photos too.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05833702357953341645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675426.post-9491785139946211962009-05-07T16:11:00.000-04:002009-05-07T16:11:00.000-04:00Just saw two pictures of you dancing away on Julie...Just saw two pictures of you dancing away on Julie Z's blog. You go girl.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675426.post-77145043002698613632009-05-07T06:16:00.000-04:002009-05-07T06:16:00.000-04:00What a fun post and comments! It was a joy to mee...What a fun post and comments! It was a joy to meet you, Mary. It did turn out to be a vacation of a lifetime!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01740696035980768212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675426.post-18874113697658877162009-05-07T04:58:00.000-04:002009-05-07T04:58:00.000-04:00Beautiful post, it shows what a wonderful time you...Beautiful post, it shows what a wonderful time you folks had out there. It should have been a lot of fun.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17354988177818684597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675426.post-14240174857137294532009-05-06T21:09:00.000-04:002009-05-06T21:09:00.000-04:00Thanks, Julie! I needed a punch line like that to...Thanks, Julie! I needed a punch line like that tonight :o) However, I'd settle for a picture of a Swainson's, hon.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040099513110890878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675426.post-2357670026308891492009-05-06T21:00:00.000-04:002009-05-06T21:00:00.000-04:00Girls. Girls. I really, really must put in a word ...Girls. Girls. I really, really must put in a word for the Swainson's warbler here. He's a big, beefy, very cool and anomalous warbler, with understated plumage and a fabulous icterid-like bill. He's hard to see, and that's how he likes it. He's got an emphatic, distinctive song, and a weird, limited, disjunct range: rhododendron thickets in Appalachia, and canebrakes (of all things) farther south. Both his habitats have one thing in common: impenetrability. So you see, it would be very hard to **** the Swainson's, hon!Julie Zickefoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654698829603424649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675426.post-43704018508422312222009-05-06T19:47:00.000-04:002009-05-06T19:47:00.000-04:00Those buttons are cool! And your photos, I don't ...Those buttons are cool! And your photos, I don't care if they don't have birds, you took great photos of the people and place, and I enjoy them immensely!NatureWomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272529400065960820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675426.post-84941527657591778952009-05-06T15:19:00.000-04:002009-05-06T15:19:00.000-04:00Stunning amount of lifers!
Nice to hear you all e...Stunning amount of lifers!<br /><br />Nice to hear you all enjoyed it :)Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09529067375090966180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675426.post-87142621226280228202009-05-06T11:19:00.000-04:002009-05-06T11:19:00.000-04:00Have missed new entries for the past week. So glad...Have missed new entries for the past week. So glad you had a wonderful time. Looking forward to reading about the adventure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675426.post-62668623450746514212009-05-06T09:09:00.000-04:002009-05-06T09:09:00.000-04:00Mary...y'all still speak Baldimore?Mary...y'all still speak Baldimore?NCmountainwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615765649828716560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675426.post-85554925622290141722009-05-06T08:15:00.000-04:002009-05-06T08:15:00.000-04:00Mary,
Sooo glad you found your way, love meeting a...Mary,<br />Sooo glad you found your way, love meeting all your blogger friends and enjoyed your time in West Virginia!!<br />You sounded like you really needed that break!!<br />Rain or no rain you sound like you had a wonderful time and I'm looking forward to seeing all your on the road pics!<br />Bet your pooches were so excited to see you!!!Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17717015543939819841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675426.post-8793712112825251122009-05-06T06:46:00.000-04:002009-05-06T06:46:00.000-04:00So glad to hear that you all had such a good time ...So glad to hear that you all had such a good time Mary, and that the buttons were enjoyed. :c)Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057094040409159429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675426.post-75077298026594171112009-05-05T23:22:00.000-04:002009-05-05T23:22:00.000-04:00Mary: My fave thing about meeting you and the othe...Mary: My fave thing about meeting you and the other Crazy Blogging Flockers was hearin' yore Baldimore aksint, hon!<br /><br />Great to finally meet you in person. Hope we get to do it all again somewhere else soon. Maybe the Midwest Birding Symposium this fall???Bill of the Birdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16000245161006147448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675426.post-31973970753440275992009-05-05T23:01:00.000-04:002009-05-05T23:01:00.000-04:00Mary, I'm so glad you had such a wonderful time. ...Mary, I'm so glad you had such a wonderful time. Despite all that rain it sounds like you and everyone else saw many birds. Way to go!Mary Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08077077785157768787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675426.post-82868833186284186052009-05-05T22:26:00.000-04:002009-05-05T22:26:00.000-04:00Kathi,
God help me if I need to correctly ID them...Kathi,<br /><br />God help me if I need to correctly ID them on the blog here. I need to refer to my handwritten list, but there are no pictures! And yes, I don't remember!<br /><br />LOL!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040099513110890878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675426.post-81729069192149664232009-05-05T22:13:00.000-04:002009-05-05T22:13:00.000-04:00You know, I saw the Swainson's in 2007, and really...You know, I saw the Swainson's in 2007, and really, I don't get what the fuss is all about. Give me a bluebird or a yellow-throated vireo, a hummingbird or an Indigo Bunting, a Scarlet Tanager or a Rose-breasted Grosbeak, give me a Wood Thrush or even a sweet little sparrow any day of the week. F*** the Swainson's is right.<br /><br />BirdGirl: Sorry you couldn't find us. "If you are SOUTH of the bridge, CROSS the bridge and turn left on Milroy-Grose Rd. If you are coming from Country Cabins or anywhere north of the bridge ...." Actually, it was probably quieter in Cabin #3 than in the rowdy Farmhouse.<br /><br />~Kathi, proud to have been there for some of Mary's 38 Lifers (Can you remember any of them, May?)Kathihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13186814675058675885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675426.post-17199674137830163642009-05-05T21:18:00.000-04:002009-05-05T21:18:00.000-04:00Welcome home, Mary. I am really enjoying reading ...Welcome home, Mary. I am really enjoying reading about the birding trip. What fun that must have been.<br /><br />Of course, all is lost if you didn't actually see a f***ing Swainson's Warbler!!!<br /> :)NCmountainwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615765649828716560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675426.post-38884684942467750522009-05-05T20:28:00.000-04:002009-05-05T20:28:00.000-04:00Hola Mary,
is good to know that you had fun! Too b...Hola Mary,<br />is good to know that you had fun! Too bad about the rain :(<br />CONGRATS on the lifers! I'll join you some time ;)<br />Besos,<br />MelMelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04550692601943778577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675426.post-18526006033888156842009-05-05T20:08:00.000-04:002009-05-05T20:08:00.000-04:00We were wet, cold, bedraggled, but giggling up a s...We were wet, cold, bedraggled, but giggling up a storm! I will always remember how you looked incredulously out the window at Connie and Keith while whispering "F$%#@ the Swainson's!". <br /><br />Beth<br />(ROFLMAO at the memory)Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13763046967587715415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675426.post-40212807893508541142009-05-05T18:35:00.000-04:002009-05-05T18:35:00.000-04:00So happy you are home safe and sound with memories...So happy you are home safe and sound with memories to last a lifetime!<br />Wonderful you saw so many lifers, even more wonderful you made many best of Birding friends!<br />SherryQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02473455565144414399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35675426.post-21360562823142023332009-05-05T18:15:00.000-04:002009-05-05T18:15:00.000-04:00Gretchen, your comment is right on. Thanks :o)Gretchen, your comment is right on. Thanks :o)Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040099513110890878noreply@blogger.com