I was into film and digital photography for a while before I met my current girlfriend. Her family has always been into birdwatching. Once I realized the new challenge of photographing birds it was a whole new world of photography for me. It’s definitely part of my identity at this point. Enjoy this great blue heron.
I liked the movie. The activity itself is as boring as baseball.
What about birdwatching at a baseball game?
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…
Please, do start on poets. I’m eager to hear what twisted things you perceive them as.
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I wouldn’t recognize birds having the beast with two backs if I saw it.
What’s there to think about?
It’s a hobby. Lots of people watch and record things like clouds, trains, airplanes, weather patterns, or even birds.
If someone wants to keep track of what birds they see, more power to them.
Courageous citizens performing the necessary duty of watching for new drone types and capabilities, and tracking usage patterns. They surveil the surveillance system. Heroes one and all.
Seems like a peaceful hobby. !birding@lemmy.world has a whopping 3.4k subscribers, so it seems to be relatively popular around here too.
Very friendly community, one of my favorites on lemmy.
I’m at the age now where I’m thinking about getting into it.
Haha. I started feeding birds on my balcony this winter and i love it.
I don’t go out to watch birds (yet), but i love checking what’s up with the birds in the garden, know pretty much all of them, learning their songs etc.
Also now on vacation i am way more tuned into what the birds are doing than i used to be, kinda opened another audible dimension.
I have a low key interest in birds and have been using the Merlin app to ID them by photo, description, or their song. You can set it to record, then just chill in the backyard while it lists the birds it hears.
Yeah it creeps up on you with age… I’ve recently installed an app for it and slowly adding more of the birds I see in there. For now that’s it, I don’t go out of my way for it, but I guess that’s how it starts…
I liked it at 11. Used to annoy teachers doodling eagles and owls on absolutely everything.
… Indifferent?
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.
It’s cool. I’m a massive fan of tits, boobies and shags.
How about Wandering Tattlers? A Cockatoo maybe?
If you like it, do it. It’s a hobby after all. That’s what they’re for.
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.
Honestly, my husband and I birdwatch and we treat it like Pokémon Snap when we go out! Myself with binoculars, husband with camera.
I felt like it adds another dimension or another sense to our world. When I walk from parking lot to work for example, I can hear and identify what birds are around just off sound alone.
Hold up! You bought a bird feeder to lure birds in for your cat to kill?
Oh god, no. It was just to give her something to look at through the window. Like “cat TV.”
We sprinkle old bread on the front steps so our cat can watch the chipmunks.
I leave some out for a chipmunk as well. I’ve named him Ignacio.
Ah, okay.
Gotta watch 'em all.
Is think is lame. But I can’t stop them and isn’t my life.
You can stop them! You might get into legal trouble, but there are many ways to stop them.
My parents maintained a bird feeder in our back yard when I was a kid. It was very enjoyable watching them, and you get to know individual birds over time.
As for going out looking for specific species with binoculars and all that…I don’t know much about it, and try to stay neutral. It looks silly to an outsider, but a lot of worthwhile hobbies do.
I do this too. It was surprising to me that I started recognizing them so quickly.
They all get names now. This year I have a whole family of finches that I call the Murphy’s but tbh they act more like BeBe’s kids, just show up throwing seed everywhere and acting like they ain’t got no sense.
If someone’s into birds that’s cool. Not really my area of interest but more power to them.
