Spark Birds 1: Cape May Autumn Weekend 2007

My buddy Jim “The Director of DLITE” Rapp and I had a blast at last week’s Cape May Autumn Weekend. We inaugurated a project I’ve been thinking about for some months now: recording interviews where birders tell the story of their “spark bird.”

I don’t know who coined that term but it’s a good one. The vast majority of folks we spoke with new immediately what it meant--the bird (or birding experience) that somehow took you across the line from not-birder to birder.

I’ve edited together ten responses into a seven minute video I’ve posted to YouTube. But before I send you there, I want to acknowledge the contributions of Bill Schmoker, who took most of the bird photographs that illustrate the piece. Even though Bill’s been home in Colorado all week, he really collaborated on this with me, as did a number of other people who generously let me make use of their images. Sometimes this internet thing isn’t half bad.

Hope you enjoy it.

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photo of me interviewing Clay Sutton by Thierry Cerpolet