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About Us
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Pattie and I have
always enjoyed the outdoors, and I'm
lucky enough that she shares
a smidgeon of the passion I have.
Once she figured out the
difference between "camping"
(hiking, biking, campfires, steaks
on a bbq, beer and long chats into
the evening) and "birding" (dawn to
dusk walking, tent is just a place
to sleep, and you might find a beer
or steak at the restaurant when you
sit down to eat at 9:30pm :-)), we
really started to enjoy ourselves.
You can bird when you camp, but it's
a lot harder to camp when you are
birding!
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The groundwork for this passion
of mine was laid at an early age by my Granny
and Grandpa Bisset, who used to take our family
on Sunday drives through the back roads of
Colborne Township, stopping at the Benmiller
feed mills, looking for Bluebirds on the
fences, and generally enjoying each others'
company.
When I was 11 or so, my parents
and I took our first trip to Point Pelee, and
we've been every year since (with one exception
- the year we moved to New Brunswick).
When I was 15 I saved and bought my first
camera, a Canon AE-1, and a Bushnell 100-300
zoom lens. Since then the combination of
enjoying the birds and trying to get photographs
has been my primary hobby. Pattie and I
still make the annual trek to Pelee, where we
are usually joined by our best friend (and Best
Man!) Tim Jenkins, who became a
birding-photographer convert when we met at U of
Waterloo.
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Our Neighbourhood
Our spot in Rothesay is not too bad for attracting birds.
Yard ListClick
here to see our yard list, which
includes annual sightings since we
moved in. |
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Habitat
The property has a good mix of
coniferous and deciduous woods, and
a field in the back that we let run
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Saint John Naturalists Club
For the 2009/10 season Paul is the President of
the SJNC, and Pattie has assumed webmaster duties for the Club website. To see what the
club is up to, or to join us on a field trip or
for a meeting, you can find more information by
clicking on the logo, below:
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Saint John Volunteer Centre
Pattie has also designed, and maintains, the new Saint
John Volunteer Centre website:
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Nature NB
Nature NB, formerly the New Brunswick Federation
of Naturalists, is a conservation and education
oriented not-for-profit organisation. Paul
is a member of the board executive as Secretary,
as well as the SJNC's representative to the
board.
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