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Agrinja
Nov 30, 2013

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Hello all, I'm new to birding. I have a cheap pair of binoculars that is good enough for now, and some feeders in my yard. I've got Merlin and eBird, and am learning lots. I'm mostly in it to observe and grow closer to the neighborhood corvids. The crows are awesome but I also have at least 5 jays that are regulars to my feeders. This is exciting.

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Agrinja
Nov 30, 2013

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I'm out birding every day so far for the bird count, I wish I could better identify birds by song. I realize that online guides have playable bird songs, but does anybody know of something like an ID game?

Agrinja
Nov 30, 2013

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Thank you! I'll give that a try, I already have an eBird account.

Agrinja
Nov 30, 2013

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It's a little wonky but I don't think I'm getting hurt by learning more birds anyway.

Agrinja
Nov 30, 2013

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That's awesome! At this time of year I suspect I'd have to travel a bit to see so many new species.

Agrinja
Nov 30, 2013

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On my commute home as soon as I pulled into my neighborhood a red tail hawk came down and landed nearby with a prey item. Some sort of small bird I couldn't identify it, but hawk! That was so cool, I wish I could have gotten photos.

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Agrinja
Nov 30, 2013

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That's my experience as well, I only thought there was a couple kind of birds local to me.

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