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Analogue vs. digital birding

10,000 Birds

Looking at a photo of a dozen birders on a Colombia tour, it stroke me that they were either using binoculars or cameras. Yet, going through the pages of a book is an irreplaceable experience. Cover photo: birding Greece. Not a single one was using a scope. How about a notebook vs. eBird, Merlin or iNaturalist?

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