That's because at some point in your life you realise that birds are just tiny dinosaurs.
Very relatable. I started leaving food for some local magpies about a year ago, and now they wake me up every morning at 6.
I once had a problem when suddenly some tits arrived and started stealing all the food. A huge magpie would take like one hazelnut and be on its way, while these small fuckers would eat like pigs, and then hide what was left. They'd take the nuts and shove them somewhere between the flowers on my balcony. Tough the magpies too have often burried nuts in the soil below the flowers, only to dig them out again.
And it was so cool to watch some sparrow coming and going a dozen times to pull out some weeds that have been growing (I left the pots with the flowers outside over winter, the flowers died and weeds started to grow), and then carry them to a hole in a wall where a brick is missing which presumably is the nest.
But it was so so cool when I got woken up a few days in succession to a silhouette of a majestic crow standing on my balcony (my bed looks directly through the balcony window facing north-east). Crows are so cool, and magpies are really beatutiful, though extremely skittish.
My cousin at 31 years old said this weekend, "I know I'm getting old because I was sitting on a swing at a friends and thought to myself 'This would be a great spot to watch birds from'."
My wife got me birds of Europe last year because I once mentioned it's a neat book (my parents have it). Next thing I know I buy some binoculars for birdwatching and started tracking the birds that visit my garden. It's not a spectacular list but I am proud of it because I used the book to identify the birds and got it confirmed with birdnet. The list: house sparrow, blackbird, goldfinch, swift, common house martin, common linnet, greenfinch and blue tits. Edit: and wood doves
Sorry Jesse Case, I think I must have been born old. I've always noticed birds, if I see or hear a species I can't recognise, especially if near where I live, I must id it to restore my inner peace. I'm yet to see this change as I age
My grandma got me into birding when I was a young child. My friends always text me pictures of birds like it's a quiz. Maybe this means they'll start to catch up.
I got into birding this spring as a hobby, thinking to myself "it's free, you just need to use your eyes and ears", withing a month I bought a $350 pair of binoculars. I've managed to fight off the temptation of a decent camera so far, thankfully. I found a great park at the tail end of spring migration about 10 minutes from my apartment, and the dawn chorus was almost sensory overload, the was so many different species singing and calling. I'm looking forward to what new birds I'll see during this fall migration and especially next spring migration.
This is me.
I love watching the crested pigeons and turtle doves, and trying to understand their culture.
You see ONE cool bird and you jump off the edge.
Birds are super cute, but younger people are often too focused on themselves to even see how cool they are. :)
Except of course if they can get Instagram likes for the pictures of birds, then it's interesting... :p
Yes I'm stereotyping here.... I'm aware.
I hated birds, especially "laser birds" (house wrens), but yeah they're interesting now. I also live in a great place to bird watch
My 63yo mom likes to memorize birds names in the same way 90s kids did with pokemons. I think she does it since she was a child. When we're taking a walk together she points to the birds and say their names. And I learn to much with her, I love when she does it!
This hits a little two close to home…
Actually, that's a Vexlers Northern Swamp Warbler- you can tell by the gorsach veining on the pin feathers.
The older I get the more I do know about birds ...but enjoy fucking with borders more.
Look, Raymond. A yellow crested warbler.
More Jesse v cancer please Mr case!
I like to watch them how they build their nest.
bIrDs ArEn'T rEaL pEoPlE! Spy drones!
Can confirm, I got into photography a few years ago and now I basically just follow birds around. I post some of the better ones I manage to get here :) https://pixelfed.social/yogthos
