John Cantelo
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"Is your Dad an ornithologist?" was the question that one of my daughter's friends recently asked her on tumbling through the front door after an evening in the pub. I guess that the 12+ bird paintings on the wall, the shelves of bird related books and magazines were a bit of a clue.
Unfortunately, due to being somewhat "tired and emotional" what actually came out was "Is your Dad an "awful knowledgist"? Naturally, my long suffering daughter is somewaht chagrined by her failure to coin what, from her perspective, is an all too accurate description of her father's hobby! I fear that, henceforth, in the Cantelo household birders will be known by the sobriquet an "awful knowledgist"!
Unfortunately, due to being somewhat "tired and emotional" what actually came out was "Is your Dad an "awful knowledgist"? Naturally, my long suffering daughter is somewaht chagrined by her failure to coin what, from her perspective, is an all too accurate description of her father's hobby! I fear that, henceforth, in the Cantelo household birders will be known by the sobriquet an "awful knowledgist"!
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