Sometimes I’ll see on the list something it says is there and indignantly think to myself, ‘no way, I’d have seen/heard that’ only to turn around and see exactly what it said was there. And sometimes it gets fooled, usually by squeaky things and sometimes by mockingbirds.
It’s definitely still extremely cool. I really wish I’d had tech like this when I was a kid interested in birds and had nobody to teach me anything more advanced than backyard birds, and no way of figuring out what all the bird song mnemonics in guide books actually sounded like.
It is definitely not the only tool a serious birder should use, but, paired with a monocular and a traditional bird book? I am spotting 100x the birds I used to as a kid.
Side note, I am so excited that there is a vibrant birding community here! I have been interested in it since I was a young autistic boy. It’s amazing how fruitful of a hobby it can be when you can only afford a 60-year-old bird book from the thrift store. 😀
Sometimes I’ll see on the list something it says is there and indignantly think to myself, ‘no way, I’d have seen/heard that’ only to turn around and see exactly what it said was there. And sometimes it gets fooled, usually by squeaky things and sometimes by mockingbirds.
It’s definitely still extremely cool. I really wish I’d had tech like this when I was a kid interested in birds and had nobody to teach me anything more advanced than backyard birds, and no way of figuring out what all the bird song mnemonics in guide books actually sounded like.
It is definitely not the only tool a serious birder should use, but, paired with a monocular and a traditional bird book? I am spotting 100x the birds I used to as a kid.
Side note, I am so excited that there is a vibrant birding community here! I have been interested in it since I was a young autistic boy. It’s amazing how fruitful of a hobby it can be when you can only afford a 60-year-old bird book from the thrift store. 😀