Vicarious Birding Joy

Every so often, I am granted the privilege of being present for another’s special birding moment.

Bird enough, and those moments for yourself become scarcer. You can only see a Loggerhead Shrike or a Cinnamon Teal for the first time once; standout encounters with a Merlin or an Osprey are standouts because they’re infrequent. They can wow you after howe…