Courting & Intimacy for Birders

How to date a birder?? Noooot exactly.

How to connect on a more intimate level with the birds, that’s a bit more like it!!

Today Kristi covers one of the key elements to getting close to birds without causing them to flush and fly away.

Leave a comment below to let me know what you might do to get close to a bird without disturbing it.

One Habit of Uber Famous Birders

What is one habit that most uber famous birders all have in common? It’s something that you can do right now.

Please leave a comment below and let me know what stood out about the bird you chose to journal this week.

Making Sense of Markings

If you only have a split second to look at a bird, what are the best features to focus on?

Along with crushing on her little Leica binoculars, Kristi will share an easy tip to follow in those situations where you know the bird you’ve just gotten in focus is about to fly… and fly far.

Please leave a comment below and tell me what family markers you chose for the species you decided to focus on. I’d love to know!!

Geeking Out on Feathers – The Mystery Wing

16 people go to a wetland, one of them finds an entire wing of a bird on the trail. How long do you think it took them to figure out what bird it belonged to??

Longer than it will take you after you watch this video.

Leave a comment below and tell me what bird you think this wing belongs to.

Geeking Out on Feathers – Part III

Picking up where we left off last week (last video), Do you remember those three feathers we looked at in Geeking Out on Feathers I?? The owl, the hawk and the turkey??

This week you’ll learn the last of the 7 Questions to Bird Identification; Markings, and be able to take a stab at the identity of those three feathers.

Leave a comment below with your best guess about which bird belongs to Feather 1, Feather 2 & Feather 3.

If you’d like to take a closer look at these three mystery feathers before making your guess, click on this link for a short video detailing each one.