Fledgling - Too Precious to Name

jamie — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 13:23:50 -0500

It was a Sunday afternoon and I was crawling through the 224 pages of reading assigned for my Christian doctrine class the next afternoon (I recently went back to school).

I can appreciate doctrine as an intellectual exercise—and I know it’s important in clarifying what Christians believe and why—but it’s not my favorite way of exploring the divine.

Fledgling - Stalking the Wild Willet

jamie — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:43:23 -0400

Willets, photo by Peter Weber

I could never be a field biologist, or at least not a respectable one, because every time an animal surprises me, I scream.

Fledgling - Crossing the road

jamie — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:02:19 -0400

Illustration by Caroline Magerl

Not too long ago my sister and I were driving on a rural road on the way to the airport. We were in a shiny, rented, PT Cruiser talking about the stuff that sisters talk about, like shampoo, and our family, and Corn Nuts (Remember those? They’re still around!)

I think I was about to ask her if she preferred original flavor or ranch when we came around a corner and saw a little brown dome smack in the middle of our lane.

It was a turtle.

Correspondents-MarieMalin-Fledgling

lance — Tue, 08 May 2007 18:20:45 -0400

Illustration by Caroline Magerl

I have a confession.

It’s probably the wrong way to begin the first installment of a column about birds and nature, but I figured I’d get it off my chest now so you can decide up front if this is the kind of thing you want to fritter away five minutes reading each month.

My confession is that I like sea gulls.

There are multiple problems with this affinity.