Birds are awesome. Loved them even as a kid when it was hopelessly uncool.
Cool, I have Birdnet and whenever I hear a bird I launch it, it’s cool! I’m also an old dull man.
Sounds fun. I like birds
Seems like a peaceful hobby. !birding@lemmy.world has a whopping 3.4k subscribers, so it seems to be relatively popular around here too.
Very friendly community, one of my favorites on lemmy.
I don’t think about them at all
Up until last Saturday I thought it was an old person’s thing I wouldn’t care much for.
Here I sit watching and feeding my flock of Grey catbirds and enjoying sounds of the cardinals and chick-a-dees. It’s nice.
Catbirds are so damn sleek looking
There’s a few birds I love. Their calls, how they behave. It’s especially great out at camp and they show up in the morning. Just sit there and enjoy their company.
So, I totally get it. I’d never get to the levels of going out to pursue it, but sometimes I’m in a situation where bird watching is more interesting than people watching—and we all love that.
I believed it was boring and weird (“Why can’t they just goggle the bird?”). But I recently bought a bird feeder for my cat and I’m more invested in the birds than she is. It’s like boring Pokémon, I love it lol.
Hold up! You bought a bird feeder to lure birds in for your cat to kill?
Oh god, no. It was just to give her something to look at through the window. Like “cat TV.”
We sprinkle old bread on the front steps so our cat can watch the chipmunks.
I leave some out for a chipmunk as well. I’ve named him Ignacio.
Ah, okay.
Honestly, my husband and I birdwatch and we treat it like Pokémon Snap when we go out! Myself with binoculars, husband with camera.
I felt like it adds another dimension or another sense to our world. When I walk from parking lot to work for example, I can hear and identify what birds are around just off sound alone.
Gotta watch 'em all.
If someone’s into birds that’s cool. Not really my area of interest but more power to them.
I hate those birdwatching fucks.
But why?
The way they are standing there… Watching birds. Just brings my blood to a boil.
It’s probably a great hobby, with pleasantly little potential to turn into a side hustle.
I don’t get it but they’re not hurting anything so meh.
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My parents maintained a bird feeder in our back yard when I was a kid. It was very enjoyable watching them, and you get to know individual birds over time.
As for going out looking for specific species with binoculars and all that…I don’t know much about it, and try to stay neutral. It looks silly to an outsider, but a lot of worthwhile hobbies do.
I do this too. It was surprising to me that I started recognizing them so quickly.
They all get names now. This year I have a whole family of finches that I call the Murphy’s but tbh they act more like BeBe’s kids, just show up throwing seed everywhere and acting like they ain’t got no sense.
What’s there to think about?
It’s a hobby. Lots of people watch and record things like clouds, trains, airplanes, weather patterns, or even birds.
If someone wants to keep track of what birds they see, more power to them.
