Article 5ZV2H A once-in-a-lifetime bird

A once-in-a-lifetime bird

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Kevin Nguyen
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It was a beach date that would transform Chris Michaud, though the memorable parts were neither the beach nor the date but what he saw that day. Both in their early 30s, summer of 2017, Chris had met Gemma recently, swiping on Bumble. They decided to head to the New Hampshire coast, not far from where they both lived in Portsmouth. Before arriving at the beach, Gemma suggested they do a little birding.

In a marsh, they spotted egrets, a glossy ibis, and some other cool stuff." Later, they went to the beach, as promised, but Chris just kept thinking about the birds. This moment, in birding lingo, is called the spark," when a person sees something that inspires them to be a birder for life. (Nearly everyone I talked to for this story...

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