Tiraya
San Diego CA
I've been frequently surprised as to how small a portion of birders seem to be well-versed and interested in thorough identification, as well as privy to vocalizations for use in said identification. I don't consider myself a very top level birder, but I can't imagine being in the hobby without at least doing some due diligence on learning field marks, and learning songs and calls where possible.
Even more puzzling is when I encounter these kinds of folks in far-flung places where they clearly spent a lot of time and money to visit said location, but yet did very little to no research on their target birds, and thought they could just "wing it" without any proper intel or knowledge of the identification.
Even more puzzling is when I encounter these kinds of folks in far-flung places where they clearly spent a lot of time and money to visit said location, but yet did very little to no research on their target birds, and thought they could just "wing it" without any proper intel or knowledge of the identification.