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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fozzybear" data-source="post: 1620052" data-attributes="member: 69297">I play both sides since I know a 'bit' about birds now but not that much, mostly get people asking me what I'm looking at: "A group of Little Grebes over there", "Is it rare?" they ask."I've only seen them a couple of times around here but they're pretty common""Oh" they say and wander off.Next time I might say, "yes it's the incredibly rare Gallinula chloropus!"... if I can remember that latin name! :-OSome of the other birdwatchers give me the same response around here too, asking me what I've seen and then telling me disparagingly that they see them all the time... as though that makes them not worth watching or mentioning (well, maybe not to them perhaps). "Seen anything?""YES! I've seen two, get that, TWO mallards!!!" <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />|<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />|</blockquote>