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Getting worse at birding.
Sometimes I go out birding and find myself questioning every bird ID because I didn't see it that well or hear it that well. Sometimes I start mixing up chip notes. Sometimes I mix up finch songs, accipiter shapes, goose calls, or take fifty photos of a distant Savannah Sparrow because it looks weird. Some days I feel like a terrible birder that is only getting worse.
We had an accipiter fly over the house in Lincoln City last weekend and I shot off a few quick photos. Once at home and staring at the photos I was confused, went back and forth with Sibley and photos on eBird. Finally I concluded it was a Sharp-shinned.
It has that no-neck look, a shorter tail, wings pushed forward, etc. Anyway. Then I posted this photo of the same hawk on Instagram that I thought looked cool as a photo quiz:
Someone guessed the ID on the first try.
I overthink bird ID's sometimes while other times I don't think hard enough. I recently told someone that a Green-winged Teal they had p…
We had an accipiter fly over the house in Lincoln City last weekend and I shot off a few quick photos. Once at home and staring at the photos I was confused, went back and forth with Sibley and photos on eBird. Finally I concluded it was a Sharp-shinned.
It has that no-neck look, a shorter tail, wings pushed forward, etc. Anyway. Then I posted this photo of the same hawk on Instagram that I thought looked cool as a photo quiz:
Someone guessed the ID on the first try.
I overthink bird ID's sometimes while other times I don't think hard enough. I recently told someone that a Green-winged Teal they had p…
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