1
: a person who observes or identifies wild birds in their habitats
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: a catcher or hunter of birds especially for market
Part of the reality. The dictionary is neutral."a catcher or hunter of birds"
It reminds me of spelunking: spelunkers call ourselves 'cavers' and a sure sign of a noob is someone who asks 'are you into spelunking'?So do you folks refer to yourself as birders or bird watchers, use the term "bird watching" or "birding"? And by the way should that be one word "birdwatcher" or 2? I know these are frivolous questions, I'm thinking of making a blog or website and I'm wondering what would work best for SEO
.So do you folks refer to yourself as birders or bird watchers, use the term "bird watching" or "birding"? And by the way should that be one word "birdwatcher" or 2? I know these are frivolous questions, I'm thinking of making a blog or website and I'm wondering what would work best for SEO
To be honest, I'm an opportunist and will look at anything that appears interesting. Some of my best viewing this spring was watching small snow and dirt avalanches coming down the mountainsides. Most of the birds I really enjoy looking at are eagles and ravens, but I will watch little birds who have names I don't know, though the black cap chickadees are also special to me. I believe I'm neither a birder or birdwatcher either, though I will never look away if they seem interesting enough.So do you folks refer to yourself as birders or bird watchers, use the term "bird watching" or "birding"?
that's pretty funny - a friend gave me an extra suet feeder and a couple blocks of suet. I hung it on a branch and watched. I decided to call it what it is - a chipmunk feeder. That's all I ever saw! In fact a whole band of chippies moved out of the forest into my garden beds to be closer. It was all good fun until they helped themselves to the roots of my perennial flowers over the winter and wiped everything out.I put up a bird feeder to watch the birds but it was more fun watching the squirrels trying to get to it. So I guess that makes me a "squirrel watcher", ha, ha
That said, I've always preferred to be understood as someone who values watching birds over ticking off a list (tho I do keep a life list and will admit to enjoying seeing it grow and keeping 'score'). So in that respect I sometimes say I'm a bird watcher to make that distinction.
Me too, eagles and ravens for the win!I'm happy to spend a half-hour watching the same bald eagles, one species, with no urge to find more varieties. The eagles are spectacular!
Wow, I wish I could get chipmunks to raid the feeder. I occasionally see one scamper across the patio. I left a few sunflower seeds on the patio to see if it would attract the little fella, but nothing.that's pretty funny - a friend gave me an extra suet feeder and a couple blocks of suet. I hung it on a branch and watched. I decided to call it what it is - a chipmunk feeder. That's all I ever saw! In fact a whole band of chippies moved out of the forest into my garden beds to be closer. It was all good fun until they helped themselves to the roots of my perennial flowers over the winter and wiped everything out.
Both are such mysterious, spiritually powerful creatures to me. Ravens seem to have some kind of weird communication thing going on with my german shepherds. Eagles will sometimes seem to fly near or land in a tree near one of them. Can only guess what kind of sensory powers or instinctual intuition they share - to which we are oblivious.Me too, eagles and ravens for the win!