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Lessons from a Birdbrain: Migration Celebration

Lessons from a Birdbrain: Migration Celebration


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Lessons from a Birdbrain: Migration Celebration will introduce you to 21 birds that can be found migrating through Ohio during spring and fall. The photos were taken in various locations, largely central Ohio from late September to December. You will notice a wide variation in the quality of the photos because I am a novice photographer. And like the birds migrating through, I'm still growing and transforming and let's face it, some phases of my transformation are lovelier than others.Along with each bird, I include a "birdbrain" lesson that introduces a concept that resonated with me and I associated with the bird and photo mentioned. These are simple things that for whatever reason, I didn't really learn until later in life when I learned to slow my mind a bit using techniques of mindfulness. Or I need to learn again (and again) to catch on.Birding and mindfulness go hand in hand for me because when I am out birding with my camera and binocs I am focused. I am present and intently tuned in to the world around me. And the moment I go to take a photo, I am 100% dedicated to the task at hand quite literally focusing (well attempting to focus...I'm a very novice photographer so sometimes it works better than others.) I imagine it similar to an athlete in a critical moment of a game, where time slows briefly, I still my breath and zoom in for the win. Too corny? Maybe...but it works for me. In my attempts to get great pictures of birds, I also learn repeatedly the lessons of attachment, expectations, success and failure. I can't control what birds will be around when I go out, what the light will be when the perfect bird lands in my range or even if my camera battery is about to konk out. I can prepare, I can plan but I can't force outcomes. And I can learn to take the failures in stride OR I can brood, crank, stomp and whine. This ability to allow brief moments of disappointment or elation to pass has been a key for me to rise above the tendency I have to get caught up in a thought groove, good or bad.The greatest gift I've received from birding is that ability to step aside and "see" my thoughts and feelings from a distance, so to speak. The sense that if I don't see that black chinned hummingbird who randomly showed up in Galloway, Ohio, oh well. And the elated moment I felt when I saw a Surf Scoter for the first time, while lovely, is fleeting. (Note to readers, this is FORESHADOWING on the part of the author). So if you've picked up this book, what are you to do with it? Well, if you're in Ohio in spring or fall, you could go out and try to find the birds I've included here. Some would be relatively easy to find, others would take some work. But you may be reading this book in the dead of winter, so now what? I hope that you can simply enjoy learning about the birds as much as I have...birds are amazing traveling warriors, they are amazing at surviving without much human assistance, they are amazing songsters. You can research the bird further on the internet, listen to its song, learn about its travels in the world.I have specifically selected 21 chapters to coincide with the number of days it takes us humans to have a habit begin to take hold. During the course of 21 days, I encourage you to read a chapter and reflect on the lesson at hand. Can you step aside and let a worry pass because worrying is just wasted energy? Can you mindfully experience a precious moment more fully by recognizing its impermanence? Spring and fall are particularly transitional in Ohio and the birds who travel through at the time are fleeting in every sense of the word.More important than finding a warbler you've never seen before, I hope you find a "birdbrained" lesson or two or ten that speak to you. In other words, you hear the right idea at the right time in your life that allows you to step aside from your thoughts, get untangled from a feeling and regain balance and serenity f


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  • ISBN-13: 9781736041635
  • Publisher: Laura M
  • Publisher Imprint: Laura M
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 86
  • Sub Title: Migration Celebration
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1736041630
  • Publisher Date: 09 Apr 2021
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 6 mm
  • Weight: 222 gr


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