Five Decades for the Birds
By Glen Wunderlich
For me, watching birds has been a lifelong pastime, having done so for over 50 years. The fascination began during early childhood with parakeets raised by my grandparents. My mother would spend hours on end coaxing them to repeat silly phrases until they got it right. We never had any cats, so the winged wonders had free reign of the house, until they were put to bed in their cages and covered up for the night. Some would “talk” – usually the males – and one would fly to the kitchen faucet to frolic in the running water. Another would play in a stick of butter anytime it would be put on the table. They all had unique personalities much like humans.
At the age of 10 years, my father Read more
