I only started bird-watching to get on my teacher's good side but it changed my life | Sean Dooley

Birds opened up an new way of seeing the world. Every day since then has been infused with a sense of wonderIt was 40 years ago, almost to the day, that I first fell in love - grade five, Seaford North Primary School oval, right next to Seaford Swamp.It was here that Deidre Campbell chose me to be the boy she kissed as part of her initiation into the cool girls' gang. Deidre tended to hang around with older, tougher kids who wore shark tooth necklaces, skinny black Faberge jeans and Golden Breed windcheaters, with packets of Winnie Blues hidden in the upper sleeves, so I was flattered to be chosen. Continue reading...