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A birder's quest to see 10k species

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Re: A birder's quest to see 10k species

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Post by markdown »

clumsysmurf wrote: post #30
japhyr wrote: post #8

I've been a casual birder for a couple years now. I've been hearing about the Merlin app for a while, but never installed it until this past week. It has profoundly changed my experience of looking for birds. If you're unfamiliar with the app, you can start recording on your phone and it will tell you in real time which birds are singing nearby. I haven't used it for positive identifications, just for knowing which b…

I wonder if there is anything like this for snakes.

Don't they all just go sssssss?

Re: A birder's quest to see 10k species

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Post by twoWhlsGud »

acomjean wrote: post #13
mongol wrote: post #5

I have seen about 180. Nothing to brag about but it has taken me about 10 years. I have not been obsessive about it but has been a leisure activity many weekends. I have done it around the area I have been, but not travelled further than maybe 2, max 3 hours for the point of it. It is a nice hobby, sharpens your senses and it is fulfilling to observe nature. Compare for example with Pokemon Go, I find it infinitely m…

It’s more healthy not to be so “obsessive” and just do it because it’s a fun way to get outdoors. Though the obsessive ones get celebrated it seems like a kind of madness, I wonder if they even enjoy it. I do like photographing birds. So I’ll often bring my camera. Once and while you’ll see something different like a heron catching fish. https://www.flickr.com/photos/acomjean/9661826854/in/photost... But a lot of tim…

And there's a season just for that last category:

https://www.birdandmoon.com/comic/four-seasons-of-bird-watch...

Re: A birder's quest to see 10k species

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Post by pvaldes »

clumsysmurf wrote: post #30
japhyr wrote: post #8

I've been a casual birder for a couple years now. I've been hearing about the Merlin app for a while, but never installed it until this past week. It has profoundly changed my experience of looking for birds. If you're unfamiliar with the app, you can start recording on your phone and it will tell you in real time which birds are singing nearby. I haven't used it for positive identifications, just for knowing which b…

I wonder if there is anything like this for snakes.

"For some reason, nobody wanted to try our Snake attractor 3000"
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