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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Monahawk" data-source="post: 1643091" data-attributes="member: 78905">It's nice to see this thread up and running again.Why do I bird? I love the outdoors, love nature and I'm a curious type.I've been interested in birds for over 40 odd years. My interest was sparked when I picked up a Ladybird book of birds belonging to my older brother [who didn't become a birder]and I remember being transfixed by a picture of a Reed Warbler at its nest. Imagine that, being mesmerised by an LBJ!From then on I looked at more books and watched the birds in the garden. But what really did it for me was when I went on an early morning stroll with my dad in a wood near to where I was bought up in Horsham, Sussex and we spotted a Tawny Owl flying through some trees being mobbed by loads of small birds. From that moment I was hooked and I still remember the sighting of that owl like it was yesterday.My passion for birds grew and apart from a brief spell in my early 20's when watching football,motorbikes and aquainting myself with unfeathered birds took over my life[ even then I knew I would get back into the groove ], I'm as keen now as I was when I studied the picture of that Reed Warbler.</blockquote>