Actually, I agree with you. The reports of individual rare birds here doesn't interest me much because I, too, am not likely to chase something. It is cool when some kind of record comes up - like Brandon Percival's Vaux Swift this year, or the California Condors we had in the spring. But I enjoy broader stories much more - field trip reports that mention all the birds, discussions about trends or some kind of educational discussion, etc.
Diana Beatty
El Paso County
On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 2:15 PM, Linda Andes-Georges <andesgeorges@comcast.net> wrote:
What an interesting thread this has been (what to report, how to report, and if reporting, how fast to report--or do it at all?). I get the digest so I just read through many opinions in a short time. The perspectives were interesting to me, and many expressed at least one aspect of the subject that resonated acutely with my way of loving the birdwatching activity.
This led me to ask myself why I read Cobirds (somebody else brought this up... ). I think that while the constant flow of "rare or uncommon sightings" is mildly interesting, I'm not much of a chaser unless the bird is 5 minutes away by car, or a bike-able distance! So what I'm looking for here are mainly two things that appeal to me: good birding stories (anecdotes) about wildlife or human behavior, often both at the same time; and, What is the seasonal drift? What birds are now appearing where at this time of year? So the latter often is NOT uncommon or rare, but rather, typical, or if not, perhaps a new trend (we'll see).
I sense that I'm in the minority. I just wanted that minority viewpoint to appear in the thread.
Happy hunting, everyone.
Linda Andes-Georges
central Boulder County (shortgrass prairie)
PS On a strictly birdy note, we've had the aforementioned 3-jay days many days straight now, weeks even. In this matter, we're geographically between the far East (Centennial) and foothills: 2 Scrub Jays, 1 Steller's, bunches of Bluejays... If only a Gray Jay would show up, I could boast of an "Uncommon" of my own!
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