Living in Oregon as I do, it’s not often that I get to attend one of Birdchick’s famous Birds and Beers events. However as both Birdchick and I are simultaneously attending the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival in Harlingen, Texas, I naturally accepted the invitation given by her to join in the gathering held on Thursday evening at the famous Lone Star Restaurant. It was quite a gathering of blogging bird watchers.
Amy of WildBird on the Fly was there, as was Clay, Swarovski‘s internationally renowned birding and nature guru. (Don’t worry, trained rescue personnel were standing by in the event that anyone accidentally fell into Clay’s margarita.)
Of course, the Birdchick was also present in both fine form and high spirit.
A blogger who it was my pleasure to meet only that evening, Eva from The Flying Mullet, swapped quite a few stories with Hugh of Round Robin, the Cornell Blog of Ornithology.
Finally, sitting next to me but too close to photograph lest blindness be inflicted by the flash, was Catherine of birdspot, a very talented artist and blogger who I also met for the first time that evening. As with all of Birdchick’s events, it was a splendid evening with much mirth, merriment, and perhaps even a teensy bit of mayhem – at least intellectually.
Peace and good bird watching.
