History. For the last 3 to 5 years I've gone hog wild on learning about various wars and conflicts, particularly the American Civil War. Finally went to Gettysburg in March and had a massive Nerdboner the entire time.
Reminds me of the time me and a friend went to Boise and went to the Birds of Prey museum. Most of the workers are volunteers from Middle School to College Age. I was looking at a bird and this 11 year old girl went up to us to ask us where we were from etc. Then she asked us what our favorite bird of prey was and we had no clue.Possums. I found one that was actually dead. Told the ranger. She examined it and told me it had not been tortured. That is apparently a thing since they are slow and weird looking. Then she told me about possums for over an hour.
That’s awesome! We have a bald eagle nest about a block away from us on the edge of town.Reminds me of the time me and a friend went to Boise and went to the Birds of Prey museum. Most of the workers are volunteers from Middle School to College Age. I was looking at a bird and this 11 year old girl went up to us to ask us where we were from etc. Then she asked us what our favorite bird of prey was and we had no clue.
She was like "let's find you one" and proceeded to give us an impromptu tour of the entire place and talked in great length about each bird, their given name, their scientific name, where they came from, how the museum acquired it, and any "features" in terms of how it captured prey. What we thought was a quick thing to do turned into an almost 3 hour event.
I've always wanted to get into this more. I have a cheap detector my Dad bought my Son a long time ago that I mess around with once in a while. Would like to get something nicer and spend more time at it but just haven't pulled the trigger.I've enjoyed metal detecting since I was in 6th grade. While in Ames in early 80s, in preparation for digging up steam tunnels on central campus, they salvaged/stripped off a large patch of the sod over the tunnels. I had a field day recovering old coins there. Also have dug/recovered lots of Civ. War relics in DC area.
Also like trees. I have 90+ species growing on my 6 acres in So. Minn.
People are sometimes surprised I frequent and contribute a significant portion of my charity budget to Botanical Gardens.
Dallas had an insanely good one. Chicago has a few small ones and a large one but they haven’t impressed me as much but I do plan to do more this “season”.
Check out the Hoover Boys on YT. Best metal detecting channel there is IMO. Bunch of friends in the Baltimore area who search colonial era fields for old home sites. They also hunt in tidal water near old colonial era wharfs. Crazy what they find.I've always wanted to get into this more. I have a cheap detector my Dad bought my Son a long time ago that I mess around with once in a while. Would like to get something nicer and spend more time at it but just haven't pulled the trigger.
We went to the Morton Arboretum once in April and didn’t realize they had so many flowersPeople are sometimes surprised I frequent and contribute a significant portion of my charity budget to Botanical Gardens.
Dallas had an insanely good one. Chicago has a few small ones and a large one but they haven’t impressed me as much but I do plan to do more this “season”.
That's a hilariously cute and sweet story. Little "Boss of the Birds" girl. She's probably a university professor or on the city council - or will be.Reminds me of the time me and a friend went to Boise and went to the Birds of Prey museum. Most of the workers are volunteers from Middle School to College Age. I was looking at a bird and this 11 year old girl went up to us to ask us where we were from etc. Then she asked us what our favorite bird of prey was and we had no clue.
She was like "let's find you one" and proceeded to give us an impromptu tour of the entire place and talked in great length about each bird, their given name, their scientific name, where they came from, how the museum acquired it, and any "features" in terms of how it captured prey. What we thought was a quick thing to do turned into an almost 3 hour event.
Fellow Minnesota bird nerd here. It makes you do strange things like contemplate a drive to southern Minnesota to maybe catch a glimpse of a Garganey.Minnesota birding. 87 counties and getting as many species as I can in each in my free time.(a lot of driving) Then there is daylisting. Website logs sitings for Minnesota birders so seeing let’s say a robin on all 366 days of the year. I have 25 species on that list. All this plus all the Minnesota life bird species (386).
Ran down and saw it on Wednesday! Had to go ask the boss for a half day like in The Big Year sceneFellow Minnesota bird nerd here. It makes you do strange things like contemplate a drive to southern Minnesota to maybe catch a glimpse of a Garganey.