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by TomMckinney on April 2, 2012 · 5 comments

in Birding Western Palearctic

The other day I had an email asking why I haven’t written a post for some time. I was asked whether I’d stopped birding. Well no, I haven’t stopped birding. It is actually possible to go out birding without having to write a blogpost, Tweet or Facebook status update about it. So yes, I am still birding / twitching / birdspotting. I might even start writing about it again. Maybe even next week.

Anyway, I bring great news. My wife Sarah is pregnant. Apparently it’s mine as well. So three cheers for my testicles. Don’t worry, after it’s born in September I have absolutely no intention of telling you all about how I’m trying to juggle child raising with birding, and boring you shitless with pictures of my offspring with food all over its grubby little face. For me this is the most exciting and emotional thing to happen in my life since seeing the American Coot on Shetland in 2003 (yes, I really went to Shetland to see that American Coot), but I’m also fully aware that people have been having children for quite some time, about 350 years or something, so I guess it’s a bit passe.

See you soon. How about next Monday? Sounds good to me. Bring biscuits. I’ll bring a flask of tea. Or do you prefer coffee? Not a problem either way. Just let me know.

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Article by Tom Mckinney

Tom McKinney has been birding for over 20 years and has birded on every continent, other than the continents he's not yet been to. He is famed for having found Britain's first Gray's Grasshopper Warbler and then waking up and realising it had all been a beautiful, beautiful dream. When not birding he enjoys going to Ladbrokes and writing short biographical entries about himself in a 3rd person voice.

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  • http://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog/ Gunnar Engblom

    Congratulations Tom and Sarah. For the record, it was not me asking you. Actually, it will be interesting if you’d let us know how you try “to juggle child raising with birding” and see pics of him/her with the first mini bins.

  • Mark

    Do not listen to the naysayers who suggest children
    interfere with twitching.  Mine certainly
    did not until the child protective services came around.  I have happy memories of putting my son on my
    back and participating in a Christmas Bird Count.  He was 13 so I did not really see many
    birds.  Patch birding is so trendy now
    although it does get a little grim when your patch is what birds you can see
    out the nursery window.  May I suggest Paul Fischer McKinney
    if it is a boy and “Debbie” Gibson S.G. McKinney
    if it is a girl and Nick Clegg McKinney if it is intersex.  

  • Factor

    Monday it is then

  • Factor

    Monday it is then

  • Factor

    Monday it is then

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