I get the impression it's like playing Pokemon. Like the whole point is to go out in the wild and find birds you haven't seen yet and cross them out of your book.
For real though, I fully support hobbies that don't require spending a lot of money. Bird watching and disc golf good. Sports memorabilia collecting and ball golf bad.
so its like pokemon without the whole enslavement of animals for fighting purposes thing right
I recommend that every comrade have at least one grill-pilled hobby. I hike, garden, and do woodworking and I'd probably lose my fucking mind if I didn't.
Anyone else trying to get a full 365 day streak on eBird this year?
I've read The Peregrine and I'm ready to be bird pilled. How do I get into this hobby?
binoculars and a book, i don't know which ones, though, but several friends have become avid birders
reading actually helpful comments for chapos under my ridiculous shitpost always makes me feel like :comfy:
Damn, this Merlin Bird ID app is amazing. Thanks for the recommendation, can't wait to vibe. :cat-vibing:
Do birdwatchers communicate with each other to track flocks? Like if they were observing the movement of an army? "They've moving south with a speed of about 12 clicks. report when they reach your post. over."
Yes, at ebird.org. More often they are tracking rare or unusual bird sightings. Some people check obsessively and will jump in their car and drive 2 hours at the drop of a hat, to try and see a bird. They are called "twitchers". Some birders are nice but a surprising number are angry middle aged men who channel their aggressiveness into watching birds.
