Whats a Two-Fisted Birdwatcher?
Posted on: Tuesday, 25 August 2009, 10:00 CDT CHICAGO, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ — Where can you find a story about a guy who avoided a traffic ticket by explaining that he was chasing a Pileated Woodpecker, a tale about Art Carney one-upping Jackie Gleason over a bird name, a yarn about an ailing crow whose would-be rescuer unwittingly fed him to the neighborhood raccoons, and a reflection about the commonalities between banjo teachers and birders – all in one location? Pop open a beer and point your browser to Two-Fisted Birdwatcher, a website that uses a lifelong interest in all things avian as a springboard to riff on life in general. Created by Chicago ad executive and former newspaper columnist Mike Lubow, the site is part blog, part literary magazine and part directory to birding resources – all presented in writing as virile as the bulging-biceped, binocular-holding outdoorsman on the logo. Each story is told in a distinctive tough-guy voice that Lubow developed for the “Got a Minu
