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Oh, I mostly ID by sound. Does that mean I’m birder?

Homie liked me idea, eh? Lol How do I vote?

My personal opinion is that a birder is someone who goes out and actively looks for birds while a birdwatcher is more casual.

I wouldn’t say that. I don’t think you have to be an ornithologist to be a birder.

[image] isopodguy: I don’t think you have to be an ornithologist to be a birder. He’s right u don’t have to be an ornithologist to be a birder.

Oh, OK, so that means you have to be obsessed with birds in your opinion to be a “birder?”

Yes! That’s about what I was thinking.

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tanker-aviator-naturalist November 25, 2024, 4:30pm 505

But anyone who isn’t an ornithologist is casual/amateur.

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