On multiple occasions in my birding life, I’ve had non-birders act surprised that ducks are birds and I’m really confused as to what they thought ducks were??
A federal government plan for hunters to kill thousands of invasive owls to protect the rapidly declining northern spotted owl has ruffled the feathers of dozens of animal advocacy groups.
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Yellow-crowned Nigh-Herons have been showing up all over coastal SoCal the last few years and it was nice to finally get one in my South Bay patch the other day.
Newbie birders should be informed that one of the best ways of learning bird identification is studying your field guides whenever you take a shit. I don’t know why, but you retain a lot of info that way.
Nothing is certain but death, taxes, and a boomer commenting “birds don’t care what color we are” on any diversity/social justice related Audubon article.
First lifer of 2023 is this Pine Warbler in La Mirada. Due to the exotics fix and adjusted numbers on eBird, this is now LA County bird no. 385 and CA bird no. 434.
Even if you aren’t a bird person and don’t give a shit about them, I just don’t understand letting your cats, who you claim to care about, roam around outdoors when it’s dangerous for them, too. Blows my fucking mind.
The thing about my birding hobby is that I do it because I love birds, not because I give a fuck about getting along with other birders. When you come into my DMs and tell me that I should respect fellow birders no matter what, I’m gonna tell you to eat shit and fucking die.