lonestranger Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 You might be a birder if you spend your online time getting sucked into some bird related websites that are nothing but a waste of time, but you enjoy wasting your time because it's bird related. https://www.flockingaround.com/post/rare-bird-codes 1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoroark Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 (edited) You might be a birder if, when given the choice of having Thanksgiving dinner around the TV while the whole family is screaming over both kinds of football, or having it at the table outside in the crisp autumn air while the hummingbirds flit about, you would always choose the latter. Edited November 24, 2022 by Zoroark 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 You might be a birder if you go look at the wetland area behind the gas station while filling up your car. (my dad) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 You might be a birder if this happens to you: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 11 hours ago, Birds are cool said: You might be a birder if you go look at the wetland area behind the gas station while filling up your car. (my dad) Gas station, 'big box' retailers, apartment complexes, industrial plants, ... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 You may be a birder if you wash your feeders more often than your car. 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 (edited) You might be a birder if, you lie down on the cold concrete driveway in about 1 degrees F, to steady your big binoculars trying to get a decent look at some small birds. Edited February 16 by Snake Fingers 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 10 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said: You may be a birder if you wash your feeders more often than your car. I don't have feeders and I still wash them more often my car 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 You might be a birder if you try to phish some Sedge Wrens out of a marsh while running. 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Just now, Birds are cool said: You might be a birder if you try to phish some Sedge Wrens out of a marsh while running. I'm not sure which activity is more pointless, running or pishing... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 10 minutes ago, Charlie Spencer said: I'm not sure which activity is more pointless, running or pishing... pishing works pretty well for sparrows and wrens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 3 minutes ago, Birds are cool said: pishing works pretty well for sparrows and wrens. I've had luck with only once. It must be my accent. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aveschapinas Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 8 minutes ago, Charlie Spencer said: I've had luck with only once. It must be my accent. I'm with you. I've never seen pishing work. It must be the birds' accents. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 5 minutes ago, Charlie Spencer said: I've had luck with only once. It must be my accent. I’ve had luck never, Scared some birds off though.😓 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 Pishing works for me about 50% of the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 I have had about a 40 percent success rate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 All you gotta do is phish real quietly at first, and then get louder. What I have found works better with some species is playing recordings of the same species. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aveschapinas Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 26 minutes ago, Birds are cool said: All you gotta do is phish real quietly at first, and then get louder. What I have found works better with some species is playing recordings of the same species. I really prefer to avoid using playbacks. I know many say just don't overdo it; but how can I know how many other people aren't overdoing it? It adds up. Most of the Christmas Bird Counts I participate in don't allow them. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 11 minutes ago, aveschapinas said: I really prefer to avoid using playbacks. I know many say just don't overdo it; but how can I know how many other people aren't overdoing it? It adds up. Most of the Christmas Bird Counts I participate in don't allow them. Same here, I’ve only done it once and it was too quiet. IMO pishing is more bird friendly(still can want to overdo it!). Usually the birds are merely curious, vs the usual playback response of them reacting because they think there’s another bird=competition/other. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 58 minutes ago, Birds are cool said: All you gotta do is phish real quietly at first, and then get louder. What I have found works better with some species is playing recordings of the same species. I know a birder who used to pish really loudly from the beginning. Usually, whatever was there would shut up immediately. When I pish at all, I start really softly and if I continue at all, I increase the volume slowly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 I used playback once, and that was because it was a rarity, and I really wanted photographic evidence. In general, I don't use it though. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 I rarely use playback, but was just saying that when I have used it, it has worked really well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Once I used playback, luring a just-arrived Wood Thrush from one side of the small park behind my house, to right behind my house. I was playing back for several minutes. The bird sang and sang and sang, and followed me the whole way (the equivalent of a suburban block). The next day, and for the rest of that nesting season, no Wood Thrush sang or nested. The previous three years Wood Thrushes had nested. I was really shaken up, and very sad. It was many many years before I even contemplated using playback. I was 17, and was using a portable cassette tape player. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 You might be a birder if you went to sleep with a filled feeder in your room… 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 In case you get hungry? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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