In The Bird Banter Podcast Episode #25 with Dr. John Fitchen we talk about the simlarities in our early lives, and then get into John's birding story. He started later than some birders, but when he got going, he hit is hard.  Attu, a record breaking county big year, and now a memoir.  Enjoy. 
You can buy Dr. Fitchen's book Life through the lens of a Doctor-Birder: A Memoir on Amazon, or on you can get a 10% discount at this link using the code "banter": https://aerbook.com/store/fitchen
We talked a bit about the role of military physicians in early American ornithology, and you can read about this online at 
https://www.jstor.org/stable/44442753?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Be sure to check out the blog post enhancing this episode at http://birdbanter.com/index.php/blog 
Until next time.  Good birding. Good day!