Please give Never and always birding advice. (3 Viewers)

[lvn600]

Please offer some birding advice by making 2 statements. One starting with: "Never..........." and the other starting with: "Always....."

 

[SueO]

Never go birding in Queensland, Oz, without packing the mozzie repellent.
Always make sure you know the tide tables when you leave your dinghy on shore for a few birding hours.

 

[Ericmd]

Never drink with your eyepiece covers off your bins.
Always check the bush closest to you.

 

[Keith Dickinson]

Never refuse the offer for a days birding

Always, when you get more experienced, help other beginners

 

[Tannin]

Never forget that it ain't just birds: look at the trees, the flowers, the grasses and the insects.

Always start birding when the birds start: yup, this means crack o' dawn.

 

[Brian Stone]

Never... (and this means ever, at all, not even for a pico-second, even if you know you will pick them up again - because you won't) put your binoculars on the roof of your car.

Always... make a note of what you experience: not just the birds and other wildlife you see but what it was like, who else was there, etc. Its just great to read back over old notes and the sooner you start the better.

 

[devon.birder]

Never be afraid to dispute the identity of a bird, "experts" are not always right.
Always be polite and friendly to members of the public even when they ask you if you are looking at squirrels if you are in a wood or seals if you are sea watching. Roger

 

[Corax67]

Never eat yellow snow ! ! !

Always carry a set of binoculars (even cheap compacts) everywhere as you never know when the next rarity will pop up before yor very eyes.

 

[James]

Never say things like 'I'll go for the Black Lark next weekend, it will still be there.'
Always savour every moment instead of chasing round with your head in the future.

 

[Frogbad]

Never let the wife/girlfriend see how much you just paid for that new scope.

Always spend a good five minutes looking at a bird and try to memorise how it looks and acts before reaching for the field guide - as it may well be gone by the time by the time you raise your bins again.

 

[Keith Dickinson]

Never let the wife/girlfriend see how much you just paid for that new scope.

Always spend a good five minutes looking at a bird and try to memorise how it looks and acts before reaching for the field guide - as it may well be gone by the time by the time you raise your bins again.

Frogbad you are so right on both those, in both cases following your advice avoids headaches :t:

 

[Edward woodwood]

always check eyepieces for leeches before putting your bins up...

Tim

 

[Rob Smallwood]

Never be afraid to ask, always check the answer for yourself when you can.

 

[lvn600]

Never eat yellow snow ! ! !

You mean it's not really lemon ice like they told me?

 

[Hanno]

Never ride a motorbike and get distracted by a Raptor overhead:-(

Always make sure that there is an ice-cold beer available after a good day's birding.

[/QUOTE]always check eyepieces for leeches before putting your bins up...

Been there, done that.........

 

[buckskin hawk]

Never quit.
Always share your enthusiam.

 

[Wes Hobarth]

Never spend more than an hour a day on BF (otherwise you'll become addicted and never get out birding again).

Always carry an implement to over tighten the Quick release plate on your scope, fingers are not enough, and even so they still always work loose!

wes

 

[Dr Manjeet Singh]

Never tell your wife that you are going to see some BIRDS ,she may follow you with her mother-in -law :'D .Always keep a escape route in mind while you are birding in a tropical forest. :t:

 

[matt green]

never leave home without a toilet roll,one day you WILL need it |:$|

always remember to take you mobile phone with you,especialy in remote places and make sure you can give your grid referance in an emergancy.

matt

 

[fynnon]

Never... (and this means ever, at all, not even for a pico-second, even if you know you will pick them up again - because you won't) put your binoculars on the roof of your car.

Always... make a note of what you experience: not just the birds and other wildlife you see but what it was like, who else was there, etc. Its just great to read back over old notes and the sooner you start the better.

Never.... put your bins (in our case Leitz)on the roof of your car

Always.......cry at the mess you found 10 mins later about 500 yards down the road,after a farm tractor argued with them.Actually happened in Cornwall in '86. :storm: