My parents were both birders. I grew up with talking about birds was part of my life. Neither my Mom or Dad were what I call " Alpha Birders" but they were quite accomplished. Over the course of my life I have paid a fair amount of attention to the natural world around me. Recently I have become much more excited about viewing and learning about birds. We have the state headquarters of NH Audubon here in Concord. They have lots of great programs in a wonderful facility. We have the opportunity to travel some and expect to do some more traveling in the future. I have been retired for almost 3 years and my wife Linda will be retiring in 53 (but who is counting) One of the trips we took was to South Africa. Astonishing. Among other things, the bird diversity was incredible. Goliath Herons , hornbills, weavers, Fish eagles and so much more. Any other folks out there have some birding interests ? Stef Mattlage