• LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
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    5 months ago

    Birds are cool and I generally like birdwatchers but those people get up entirely too early. It is not natural.

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      5 months ago

      I like birds, and I get up around 14.00-16.00 everyday

      Would probably help to get up early I think though

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        5 months ago

        Well I like birds too but I’m not really a birdwatcher. Are you going out and birdwatching at that hour? Not much bird activity in the afternoon from what I’ve seen.

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          I’m not really a bird watcher in that sense either.

          I mostly follow the birbs in my neighbourhood. Made friends with a pair of crows like 13 years ago, so now most corvids in the area basically know me by look.

          That and seagulls.

          If only I had a car and could get out properly

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    5 months ago

    There’s a few birds I love. Their calls, how they behave. It’s especially great out at camp and they show up in the morning. Just sit there and enjoy their company.

    So, I totally get it. I’d never get to the levels of going out to pursue it, but sometimes I’m in a situation where bird watching is more interesting than people watching—and we all love that.

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    5 months ago

    If someone’s into birds that’s cool. Not really my area of interest but more power to them.

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    5 months ago

    I think you need to have the collector gene to get into it, but it seems like a good hobby for getting you out of the house.

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    5 months ago

    I dont do it but I can see the appeal of photographing a wild animal. Its like hunting, but instead of shooting a gun and killing the animal, you shoot a picture and you get a nice souvenir without hurting anything.

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    5 months ago

    I believed it was boring and weird (“Why can’t they just goggle the bird?”). But I recently bought a bird feeder for my cat and I’m more invested in the birds than she is. It’s like boring Pokémon, I love it lol.

  • BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    It’s wonderful! I reported a rare bird sighting once and ended up in a book, I had no idea until it was gifted to me and the page just fell open to the mention. It was really exciting!

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    5 months ago

    Cool, I have Birdnet and whenever I hear a bird I launch it, it’s cool! I’m also an old dull man.

  • bugworld@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I currently have the top post on [email protected]

    I got into birding late last year after I decided to start feeding the crows in my neighborhood. It started with feeding them peanuts. Then it turned into taking pictures of them when then visited. Soon enough, I was naming them and really studying their behavior. I wanted to see more birds, so I bought a bird feeder.

    I started applying my other hobbies to bird watching and that is where things really took off. (Pun intended).

    I designed and 3d printed a quarter pipe that fits on my bird feeder. I bolted a tech deck to the top and I have taken a lot of photos of birds that look like they are about to drop in on the quarter pipe.

    As if that wasn’t enough, I draw the photos that I take and turn them into embroidered iron-on patches to leave on the pin board at my local coffee shop for strangers to take.

    Birding forces me to slow down and pay attention. I find it relaxing and it is the polar opposite of my normal day to day. It also gives me a way share my excitment with others. If anything I have done results in someone deciding to feed a crow some peanuts, then its all worth it.

  • best_username_ever@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    Perverts who wait for hours to see birds having sex. That’s disgusting. Same for people who play the piano and hide their racism by using black keys as a symbol of stomping on black people.

    And don’t get me started on poets…