{"id":32835,"date":"2015-07-18T04:00:57","date_gmt":"2015-07-18T10:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=32835"},"modified":"2015-07-18T05:15:35","modified_gmt":"2015-07-18T11:15:35","slug":"a-bird-skunked-day-saved-by-a-chance-encounter-with-two-old-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/18\/a-bird-skunked-day-saved-by-a-chance-encounter-with-two-old-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bird-skunked Day, Saved By A Chance Encounter With Two Old Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"

Due to bad light and shy birds I didn’t get any images yesterday to be proud of but a chance encounter with two old friends more than made up for it. The encounter took place in the wilds of Montana and the old friends are Terry Tempest Williams<\/a> and her husband Brooke. Terry is a highly acclaimed author, conservationist and activist\u00a0and both Terry and Brooke have been very active in the environmental movement for decades. I’m sure many of my readers have read some of Terry’s exceptional books and some may be familiar with Brooke’s work with the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA).<\/p>\n

Many years ago I worked with Terry at the Utah Museum of Natural History and through Terry I got to know Brooke but I’ve only seen them once in the past 30+ years so it was pure delight to spend some time with them\u00a0catching up. We reminisced about old times at the Museum and swapped stories about friends and acquaintences in the environmental movement. Both Terry and Brooke are the epitome of genuine, caring, passionate people and their devotion to environmental issues runs deep. If you’ve read any of Terry’s books it”s “what you see is what you get” – she wears her huge heart on her sleeve and a warm, caring heart it is. And the lady can write!<\/p>\n

In an effort to avoid setting the precedent\u00a0of publishing a post without including an image I’ll relate a story about Terry. And me. And a bird.<\/p>\n

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Sometime in the mid-80’s I made a trip to the Jackson Hole\/Grand Teton National Park area with Terry and Brooke (and several others). At one point we came across a large black bird that Terry identified as a Common Raven. I disputed her ID and said it was an American Crow. Terry was gracious about it but she stuck to her guns and so did I. I shouldn’t have – Terry was right, it was a raven. Terry knew her birds!<\/p>\n

I’ve been privately embarrassed by that incident for years. I can only blame my bluster and my stubbornness on relative youth and perhaps a bit of the macho of the time. I hope Terry forgot about it long ago – I certainly didn’t remind her of it yesterday.<\/p>\n

Please forgive the personal nature of this\u00a0post but the events of the day were significant for me and I decided to share.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Due to bad light and shy birds I didn’t get any images yesterday to be proud of but a chance encounter with two old friends more than made up for it. The encounter took place in the wilds of Montana and the old friends are Terry Tempest Williams and her husband Brooke. Terry is a highly acclaimed author, conservationist and activist\u00a0and both Terry and Brooke have been very active in the environmental movement for decades. I’m sure many of my readers have read some of Terry’s exceptional books and some may be familiar with Brooke’s work with the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA). Many years ago I worked with Terry at the Utah Museum of Natural History and through Terry I got to know Brooke but I’ve only seen them once in the past 30+ years so it was pure delight to spend some time with them\u00a0catching up. We reminisced about old times at the Museum and swapped stories about friends and acquaintences in the environmental movement. Both Terry and Brooke are the epitome of genuine, caring, passionate people and their devotion to environmental issues runs deep. If you’ve read any of Terry’s books it”s “what you see is what you get” – she wears her huge heart on her sleeve and a warm, caring heart it is. And the lady can write! In an effort to avoid setting the precedent\u00a0of publishing a post without including an image I’ll relate a story about Terry. And me. And a bird.     Sometime in the mid-80’s…<\/p>\n

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