Frogbad said: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.
Corvus Corax said:Never eat yellow snow ! ! !
You mean it's not really lemon ice like they told me?
Been there, done that.........
brianhstone said: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.