No slide tackles in this World Cup!

Readers of this blog might have the mistaken impression that all I do is go out birding. In fact, more than once, birders who I finally meet IRL (in real life) comment to that effect. Not true! My appreciation of the game of soccer has been nurtured by years sitting in the stands watching my two sons play. This is football for REAL men, no pads and helmets here!

So I was delighted to see that Patrick Belardo of Hawk's Owl Nest used a World Cup theme for the current issue of I and the Bird. Go see who the contenders in this first, and possibly only, I and the Bird World Cup are. Go Phantom Photogs!