lestat
Penguin fan
I agree with everyone, it's mainly time spend that adds up. When you bird it's about the birds, as soon as you spot something interesting that takes up time. The goal is not to cover a track but see nature at work.
I suppose there are tracks that you can follow, but once it's over 10 km I ask myself: am I going to hike today where I see birds? Or do I go birding so the hike is not the goal. Once that decision has been made the gear I take with me varies, on a hike the telescope stays put, with birding it comes with me.
But during holidays, where the main part of my most interesting birding happens I rarely go very far from the car. Probably 5 km max, most of the time less than 2 km.
I suppose there are tracks that you can follow, but once it's over 10 km I ask myself: am I going to hike today where I see birds? Or do I go birding so the hike is not the goal. Once that decision has been made the gear I take with me varies, on a hike the telescope stays put, with birding it comes with me.
But during holidays, where the main part of my most interesting birding happens I rarely go very far from the car. Probably 5 km max, most of the time less than 2 km.