day 366: resolution

day 366: a few words of thanks


Phew! 365 days of birds—give or take a few... 

So, you ask...What have I learned from this year-long project? Well...mainly, that if you put a beak and feet on something, it can look like a duck, talk like a duck, and well, most people will think it's a duck. 

I've also learned that you can make up words, LOTS of words. How about creating a six-syllable name for your blog that most people (including yourself) can't pronounce for six months, only to have it then roll off tongues blissfully like an oratorio? English is very forgiving that way. And while we're at it, let's give a shout out to NYC, ornithologists, epic weather patterns, puns, pundits, and other such groaner-producing subject matter found throughout 2010.

I've learned that you can beat a subject to death without alienating your friends and family, and you might even make a few new friends along the way. I'd especially like to thank the followers and subscribers of Ornithoblogical, and my friends and family, who throughout the year have been cheering and occasionally cajoling me to the finish line. Without you I probably would have abandoned this idea a few weeks in. 

About that finish line...This is not by any means the end of Ornithoblogical. Only the daily aspect of the blog concludes today. More bird imagery certainly is to come; there are many more ideas itching to get out. In the meantime, you can still go to the site (www.ornithoblogical.blogspot.com) and peruse the archives. If all goes well, these images will soon find a new home online in a more user-friendly searchable format, and (fingers crossed) a book of some kind that will find it's way to your analog coffee table. If you can't wait that long, prints are now available at my etsy shop.

And one last note: you did not misread the calendar. 2010 was not a leap year, despite my total number of birds, thus far. On January 1, 2010, I miscalculated while in the throes of my ornithozealotry. Hey! There might be a bird there...

Until further featherings and with warmest wishes,

day 362: bluzzard

day 361: boxing day

day 355: rad tidings

day 353: air mail

day 350: west wing

day 348: chicken wing

day 345: butter ball

day 343: spruce goose

day 342: tong bird

day 341: mynah league

day 339: water fowl

day 338: E moo

day 337: wing nut

day 335: roster

day 334: gandering

day 333: scuba

day 332: leftovers

day 331: stuffed

day 330: turduckin‘

day 329: pump kin

day 328: turkeys

day 327: wrong tern

day 325: wood duck

day 324: roux stir

day 323: hum

day 322: down

day 319: peasants

day 318: flamenco