Larry Sweetland
Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'
Given the current lull, how about this:
Maybe some of you have partners who claim not to be birders, but they give themselves away as closet birders by some of the things you catch them saying? Maybe they'll say something that makes you think "That's my boy/gal", and they'll give themselves away, by accidentally identifying something difficult etc. Then of course they'll backtrack and pretend it was an accident..
My latest example is just one word from my "non-birding" girlfriend, when I told her that (a local observer) had seen a Silver-washed Fritillary in his urban garden yesterday. Her one word was: "Comma."
Any of you experienced this phenomenon?
Maybe some of you have partners who claim not to be birders, but they give themselves away as closet birders by some of the things you catch them saying? Maybe they'll say something that makes you think "That's my boy/gal", and they'll give themselves away, by accidentally identifying something difficult etc. Then of course they'll backtrack and pretend it was an accident..
My latest example is just one word from my "non-birding" girlfriend, when I told her that (a local observer) had seen a Silver-washed Fritillary in his urban garden yesterday. Her one word was: "Comma."
Any of you experienced this phenomenon?