Looking back, there is one specific Maine bird that started my whole fascination with birding in general.
Walking along a dirt road near Kennebago Lake, I was playing with a higher-end point and shoot camera given to me for a college graduation present. Its zoom capabilities allowed me – really for the very first time – to get a good look at birds even if they were far away. I had not yet used a pair of binoculars, so this camera was literally my lens into the avian world.
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