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Message: <blockquote data-quote="davewalters" data-source="post: 3510220" data-attributes="member: 55290">Wow I'm finding this increasingly bizarre. Of course there is an alternative to taking a picture - put the time in, pure and simple. If you choose to twitch then read up on the bird beforehand. Spend as much time as you can on a local patch to ensure you're confident with regular species and read a field guide in any spare time. When you do twitch watch the bird for as long as you can or at least until you are satisfied with your identification. Watching for an hour or two then sodding off uncertain but not bothered because you have a photo - well, that's not twitching or even birding as I did it or would ever want to. I believe some people carry a camera but not a scope these days. There must be some point I'm missing but wtf????Dave</blockquote>