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Birding or Birdwatching? A Backyard Realization

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A straight shot to my bird feeder. My yard is a birding hotspot. The feeder dangles from a clothesline between two pine trees, beckoning a range of bird varieties. Nothing was on my agenda for that afternoon. Normally, when someone asks about this particular hobby I tell them definitively that I am a “birder.”

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An Embarrassment of Riches

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In fact, I was already embarrassed two months ago, when the pandemic and at-home duties had forced me to write about the same michoacano birds for a couple of years running. (It’s It’s a good thing that I can access some 300+ michoacano birds! New places, new birds! ” Of course, I birded every moment I could.

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How Close Is “Too Close” To An Owl?

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I had an interesting email come in this winter: “I have been photographing birds for the past 8 years and have been confronted by numerous “Rude Birders.” We can really ask the question and get a definitive answer from one. My practice has normally been 6-10 feet from the subject since i have a 300mm lens.

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Snipe and not Snipe

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The trick is to see the bird before you get too close. The easiest way to eliminate the Common Snipe is by noting the white trailing edge to the secondaries, but since this is not always conspicuous, it is not reliable if you fail to spot it on a fast moving, zig-zagging bird. Two male-plumaged birds were seen in this paddy.

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“Purple Martins” by Carl Sandburg

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Be water birds, be air birds. Be water birds, be air birds. Apparently the man with his head buried in a book is not interested in the “idle&# behavior of birds, and, by extension, those who would watch them. Twirl on, you and your satin blue. Be these purple tumblers you are. What is there to analyze here?

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