Any other kilted birders out there?

[Panache]

My Lovely Flame-Haired Celtic Amazon Goddess and I read and were inspired by The Big Year : A Tale of Man, Nature, and a Fowl Obsession by Mark Obmascik and started birdwatching

http://www.reviewsofbooks.com/big_year/


(For anyone interested in what a "Big Year" is take a look at this wikipedia entry)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_year

We started birdwatching last April and our combined "life list" is now at 91 birds.

Of course I go birding kilted!





It is a great hobby to share with each other



We were wondering if there were any other kilted birders here on XMTS?

Cheers

Jamie

[sydnie7]

Mostly the women in my family who are avid birders -- started in the early 1960s when my mother and aunt needed something to occupy themselves on our summer trips. You should see my mother's copy of Peterson's field guide, full of notes about where she first saw each bird. I don't think she has counted up her life list though.

I don't go on dedicated birding outings but keep an eye out where ever we are. And Bob loves the hummers that we feed around here, maintains his own feeder outside his home office window, including taking turns at boiling up the food. We've had a hooded oriole and mate move into the neighborhood, he comes through and does his best to steal from the hummer feeder!

Here's a night heron I saw early one morning. I was walking out of the parking structure at Long Beach Aquarium, headed for the convention center to do my annual stint at the Long Beach Grand Prix. He's hunting in the fountain in front of the aquarium! And very nicely stood there while I dug my camera out of my backpack to record the moment.

[Chas]

Just for reference, bird watchers are called 'Twitchers' in the UK.

Regards

Chas

[McMurdo]

We did see a Great Blue Heron on the drive up to Fergus, no photos however. It really does look like fun and something easy to get carried away with.

[starbkjrus]

My bird spotting is mostly finding a sale on chicken at the grocer's but it does have an appeal to it. ith:

Since McMurdo brought it up we I often seen a Great Blue Heron fishing in the lake from my office window.

[Jock Scot]

As I spend(ok, not at the moment) most of my time out on the hill or on one of the farms and have done so for most of my life, I am never far from a pair of binoculars. I do not pretend to be an expert, but I do and have seen many interesting British birds. I have no problem in admiring an interesting bird or animal whilst also being a keen hunting(UK definition, with horse and hounds), shooting and fishing man.

[skauwt]

i guess you could call me a bird fancier of sorts i never go anywhere to view any particular type of species but when i do come across birds i end up taking a fair few images of them ,Ive far to many types of various species in my photograph folder to show them all ,
i just get happy snappy with a camera some times ........ Ive never really used binoculars mind you i tend to zoom in with my camera to get that good view
i grew up near the two lochs in coatbridge so was always around some birds or sorts

[Ozark Ridge Rider]

Yep, you got one here. Lots of variety in the Ozarks, and we're in the area of overlap between the Central and Mississippi flyways.

After a long career in conservation, I'm not usually too far from a binocular either. Not really into keeping score, but I do have a life list (i.e. no clue how many are on it). Have documented about 70 species in the back yard in the last few years, though.

Spent some time last week in Parker River Refuge in MA. Saw a plethora of shorebirds, but mostly enjoyed watching them instead of agonizing over which species. Guess I'm not that hard core after all.

Dan

[WeaselMender]

My wife and I are both "birders" with 2 lists the "life list" and the "out the window" list. We lived on a major flyway in south Texas for many years 3 miles from pavement and the transients were amazing. One of our favorite entertainments was watching Mexican Tree ducks try to perch on the phone wire, it was not tight so some of thier "slack wire" work was quite comical. Here in NM we butt up on the desert and have a yard full of birds most of the time, I guess birdy welfare has nothing at all to do with that!

Weasel :ootd:

[The F-H.C.A.G.]

We had many people tell us, as we made our way up to Canada a few weeks ago, that we were in the right place at the wrong time.

"Oh, yes, you can see dozens of birds at Jackson Bottoms Wetlands, but not at this time of year..."

"We live right in the middle of a major flyway here in White Rock, but not at this time of year..."

Guess we have to make the trip in January!

Be well,

Star