fatbirder
Fatbirder
I agree with the sentiment that anyone who birds like a trainspotter - just collecting numbers or new "ticks" is to be pittyied and not emulated I feel he is branding all twitchers with the one small and narrow brush.
Almost all birders love to see something new. Almost all birders are prepared to travel to see something new - whether it be by helicopter or bus. This makes nearly all birders as, at some time, and to some extent, twitchers.
I used to twitch all over the country. I go, whenever I can get the monet together, to other parts of the world and watch birds. I will travel to anywhere in my county to see a new bird, or even one I have never seen in that county. But mostly I go to my little semi urban corner and wotk my Patch. I get a huge amount of joy seeing a bird there that I have never had on the patch before... whether or not I've seen one millions of times before. I had a buzzard the other day - about the fourth ever on the patch and it made it a red letter day.
But I also take joy in nearly every bird I see (I cannot get hot for feral pigeons and am not turned on by gulls on rubbish tips) .
I spend a few hours or a day birding and sit for hours watching the same waders or whatever as I like watching birds.
So - please do not judge part of our pastime by its most extreme exponents... they would be the sados of whatever pastime they chose to take part in.
bo
Almost all birders love to see something new. Almost all birders are prepared to travel to see something new - whether it be by helicopter or bus. This makes nearly all birders as, at some time, and to some extent, twitchers.
I used to twitch all over the country. I go, whenever I can get the monet together, to other parts of the world and watch birds. I will travel to anywhere in my county to see a new bird, or even one I have never seen in that county. But mostly I go to my little semi urban corner and wotk my Patch. I get a huge amount of joy seeing a bird there that I have never had on the patch before... whether or not I've seen one millions of times before. I had a buzzard the other day - about the fourth ever on the patch and it made it a red letter day.
But I also take joy in nearly every bird I see (I cannot get hot for feral pigeons and am not turned on by gulls on rubbish tips) .
I spend a few hours or a day birding and sit for hours watching the same waders or whatever as I like watching birds.
So - please do not judge part of our pastime by its most extreme exponents... they would be the sados of whatever pastime they chose to take part in.
bo