This is so fucking relevant to me right now, just yesterday I heard a woodpecker on my walk and I made it my mission to spot it in that giant tree. Then in my later walk I saw a red cardinal. Later I was talking about how it’s kinda cheating when people pick ostrich, peacock, penguin etc as their favorite birds, and it slowly dawned on me that I’m becoming a bird guy.
I like a lot of birds, but let's be honest; the peacock really is the most beautiful bird, it's not even a close competition.
That was my pick too and then my girlfriend penguin. In my opinion those were boring picks, so I added the stipulation of size.
Me too. I live in an area now with hawks, ravens, and I can hear a Great Horned Owl at night, but never been able to spot it. These all make me inordinately excited.
Cardinals are great, that are really pretty birds that are common enough that you can probably spot one daily in most parts of the US is you take a walk.
My grandfather used to say if you don't learn something new each day you'll be dead by tomorrow.
Was that a threat? You must know many things being still alive and all lol
haha, hopefully lemmy will make me immortal.
Did you know a cat's penis is sharply barbed along it's shaft? I know for a fact the females were not consulted about that.
I wanted to figure out the call of a bird, then I downloaded Merlin, and now I bought a 400mm lens to get sick photos of birds. What the hell happened
Came here to shill for Merlin, too
Fuckin app has cost me so much for a free app...
Look, Raymond: a yellow-crested warbler.
Not excited enough. They may be common, but they're still birds.
I just put up a bird feeder, I'm doomed
I started with one. Now there's 4 and I designed a squirrel feeder.
Need to design a squirrel yeeter, damn things eat too much.
It's true. As a young boy I wanted to see tits so bad but nowadays all I need is just look out the window
Yup can confirm, it's already got me lol
Apparently I was born old.
I legit can't imagine ever being indifferent to birds
I too hate how the CIA uses them to spy on us
also whos naming those things.
The cool birdwatching type.
My bro killed a coyote the other day and left the carcass near our house. Now we have condors. They're so fuckin cool.
Oh I have always wanted to see condors! Like from when I was about 5. There were only about 60 then. Then they rounded up all 22 of the last California Condors in 1987..... Now there's over 500 and you get to see them! No lead in your brother's ammo, I hope and expect.
Thats a good point. I'll ask him about that.
Me, except I can only identify waterfowl easily. Mostly different types of ducks.
I have you tagged as "Duck expert" based on one of your previous comments or posts, so that checks out.
Lmaooo
Close. Ive been noticing more bluejays and cardinals around here the last couple years. Mockingbirds are always around but dont see them as much
Maybe it's the hearing loss. I can still hear birds perfectly.
I really got into it this year (early 30’s) and I am straight kicking my younger self, when I knew someone with 5 pet birds and I didn’t care!
