I was listening this morning to radio host Scott Simon interviewing Donald and Lillian Stokes, authors of the Stokes Field Guide to Birds celebrating it's 30th anniversary.
They were out with Simon in a park in urban Washington, D.C. and were seeing a number of birds common to anyone's backyard bird feeder, including black-capped chickadees.
Donald Stokes said people often ask : "After thirty years, don't you get tired of seeing the same birds over and over?"
"No, I never do," he replied, and went on to note that he always seemed to find something to admire about or learn from each sighting, even of a common bird. "The challenge in life," he went on, "is not finding new places, but having new eyes."
