Are You Still Making These 5 Beginner Birding Mistakes?
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Күн бұрынBirding comes with a learning curve. Derek details 5 beginner birding mistakes and how to avoid them.
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@johnhartley3596 2 жыл бұрын
My advice for beginner birders I is to first get comfortable and confident with the identification of most local species, then add to that knowledge by taking short trips or while traveling, and lastly, always hold the pleasure of experiencing the environment over chasing a life list.
@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын
Good tips!
@dnasbirdingadventures 3 ай бұрын
Yes! Enjoy nature and wildlife first and a bonus if new birds are found.
@Tigerpuffer 2 жыл бұрын
I have gotten into the habit of taking GPS coordinates for just about any and all desirable birds I find, not just rarities. It's a big help to other folks birding the same spots (I live in New York where there are tons of other birders) and it's great practice for road birding, boreal birding, ocean birding, and other applications where taking GPS coordinates are a must. Also, I love when new birders find great stuff. In late november, my friend got a text from some folks we'd met in the field saying "is there anything around that could be mistaken for a gray kingbird?" As it turns out, the only thing that can be mistaken for a gray kingbird in late november in New York is the city's first ever record for gray kingbird. It stayed for a few weeks and was amazingly cooperative for the duration of its stay, and was a minor celebrity.
@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын
Nice! That's a great find!
@JohnCallender 2 жыл бұрын
It's similar to the situation where you're birding with someone and one of you is on a bird trying to explain to the other person where it is. People are sometimes lazy in giving directions ("By that big branch." "Uh, WHICH big branch?"), and it can be really frustrating. Be as unambiguous as possible. GPS coords are the ultimate in unambiguous directions.
@sallymae59 Ай бұрын
I love my cool pix! I took a pic of the moon once w/o a tripod and the details of the moon were very clear.
@BadgerlandBirding Ай бұрын
The P1000? That thing has CRAZY zoom!
@maybefull Жыл бұрын
Just starting last few months, appreciate the research advise a lot. Looking at common birds before heading out on a hike has helped so much. Sometimes I can’t tell all these sparrows apart but when I see something cool, looking up what it could have been after helps me nail the ID next time. It’s a process!
@BadgerlandBirding Жыл бұрын
Definitely! And each time you go out you learn a little bit more!
@Ovenbirder 2 жыл бұрын
Being humble when making mistakes as a beginner (and even as an advanced birder!) is key to becoming a successful birder. When you make mistakes turn them into opportunities to learn instead of just trying to prove yourself right or excuse your mistakes. You’ll improve more rapidly if you do!
@kennethroberts1292 Жыл бұрын
I can relate to the last one 😂 A fork tailed flycatcher appeared 3 blocks away from where I was at the time, and as soon as I found out, I rushed to the location, got there 15 minutes later. And it was gone!! We looked for it with some fellow birders for about two hours and a half, but it just seemed to have vanished.
@tully9670 2 жыл бұрын
These are great.At the time of writing this literally half an hour ago I got my 100th Bird! Eurasian Siskin.Anyway.1.Ugh I went to my favourite place.Forgot my telescope.Went to another place called Arklow to see Greylag Geese.Forgot my binoculars.Horrible.I don't really have anything for 2.3. The opposite happened to me.I was at my favourite place.There was a large Black bird.We get Great Cormorants very often so I thought it was one flying over.It was a Glossy Ibis which normall lives in West Africa and It flew right over me.Anyway great video.
@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын
Congrats on getting your 100th bird!
@clintrobinson1706 7 ай бұрын
Love the video, my suggestions are: 1- is the exact same as you! Leave the camera door open when the card is in the laptop!! 2- when buying your binoculars, don’t “splurge” and buy higher magnification. 8x42 or 10x42 are what you want. 3- similar to what you said, don’t go out and buy a expensive camera with a steep learning curve for beginning. A Bridge camera like you mentioned, or Nikon CoolPix, or Canon Cybershot are great and healed me out ID/learning birds after they were long gone
@dixxebell 2 жыл бұрын
I leave my camera sitting upside down to remind me there is no card or no battery inside...These are some great tips...you shared
@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@LouisaLee63 2 жыл бұрын
Good advice! My camera has a setting that prevents taking a photo unless there is a card in the slot. Doesn’t help if you don’t have a card with you, but then at least you won’t think you took all those great photos!
@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын
Haha, yeah it's rough either way.
@Duclosxrp 2 жыл бұрын
Great info thanks.
@dnasbirdingadventures 3 ай бұрын
Hi! We love your videos. They've helped us a lot on our birding trips. We're heading your way this summer. 😊 I've left my sd out too 😂 tips. Great tips...thanks!!
@BadgerlandBirding 3 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! We do offer tours as well if you’re interested :)
@dnasbirdingadventures 3 ай бұрын
@BadgerlandBirding thanks! That would be awesome. We'll let you know. We've watched all your videos and feel we know you 😊
@BadgerlandBirding 3 ай бұрын
@@dnasbirdingadventures love it! If you’re interested just shoot us an email :) Badgerlandbirding@gmail.com
@mweaver5022 Жыл бұрын
I feel quasi famous mentioning how I helped you with the kingbird! Glad to see this video because I got a new camera and thought I had charged it, but hadn’t. I was in Big Bend birding with no camera! Hope to bird with you again at some point.
@BadgerlandBirding Жыл бұрын
Haha, yes! Thanks again for the insights! And oh no to the Big Bend part! Are you going to be in South LA at all this month?
@naturewithgabe 2 жыл бұрын
Some great advice!! Nice video, Derek!
@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Gabe!
@birdecologyidentificationvideo 2 жыл бұрын
Great advice from experience! I can relate.
@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@SeantheBioBro 2 жыл бұрын
Cool video and great tips! Happy birding!
@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Happy birding to you, too!
@aurora571000 Жыл бұрын
Very helpful
@nathanwebb4836 2 жыл бұрын
That was wonderful information Derek.
@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@larajv70 Жыл бұрын
I love my Lumix 80!
@birdman5223 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent information Derek.
@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Mark!
@MRIVERSSC 9 ай бұрын
Have really messed up on number #5, learned now if the bird is there you better go!
@ignacioloera3967 Жыл бұрын
Cool video and tips!
@BadgerlandBirding Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@birdocs 2 жыл бұрын
Good things to remember!
@77TOWERS 2 жыл бұрын
100% can relate to most of them (maybe all) I’m definitely doing the camera door open, thanks you
@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@connielentz1114 2 жыл бұрын
I'm a beginning birder with 50+ years of experience all over the world. This is helpful. Although I would put forgetting one's binoculars ahead of the SD card
@carolshannon6449 Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@juanitakelly3082 2 жыл бұрын
Great tips - especially not jumping into a lot of expensive (or heavy) gear you may regret!
@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, start simple and work your way up!
@whiteysax Жыл бұрын
Great note about gear! I was quite motivated to get a fancy camera and lens shortly after being gifted a CoolPix B500. After using the point and shoot for several weeks, I realized investing in fancy photography equipment without proper training in how to dial in settings for certain lighting, shutter speed, depth of field, etc would have been a huge waste of money. I was happy to upgrade to a Nikon CoolPix P950 which still required learning how to use basic and intermediate photography settings, but didn't cost thousands of dollars. I'd definitely recommend the Nikon bridge cameras 👍
@tonyweisse3285 2 жыл бұрын
Good video, as are all of yours! I'm just getting back into birding after a l-o-n-g break. To me, research is critical - especially studying field marks. I used to spend hours with my copy of Roger Tory Peterson's Birds of North America to get familiar the characteristics that distinguished similar species. Plus, it's a way to keep birding even when you're not out in the field.
@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын
Great point!
@PeregrineBF 2 жыл бұрын
One of the things I love about my camera (Sony a7R IV) is that it can charge through a USB-C port, and also get pictures off the SD cards via the same port. So I use that to get the pictures from the camera to my NAS, then stick the camera on a charger. That makes it basically impossible to forget the SD card, since it's never removed. And my spare battery stays in my camera bag, along with my superzoom lens, binoculars, cleaning kit, etc. The big disadvantage of that camera is that it's so high resolution that any slight mistakes you make (or defects in your lens) will be visible when zoomed in to 100%. So it requires quite good optics, which means it gets rather expensive. It'll force you to improve your photography skills, because you'll *know* you can get amazing images.
@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, using the charging cables it a good call!
@chriscarlsen2100 2 жыл бұрын
Nikon cool pix is a good camera. I used it before I got my Sony rx10iv. Great tips, thanks 😊
@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын
You’re welcome! I’ve heard good things about the cool pix but have never tried it myself.
@julesa.5887 2 жыл бұрын
Throw some granola bars in your bird-out bag. 😀
@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын
Good call! I always tell Ryan we need to bring more birding snacks, haha. - Derek
@warrble 2 жыл бұрын
The biggest one I see is people rely on Merlin app so much that they report whatever the app says it is and unfortunately a lot of the time its wrong especially with similar species or sparrows.
@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын
That’s a good point, especially the call ID app which can be very inaccurate.
@mr1pearl 2 жыл бұрын
Breakin' the law heh heh Crap no Beavis emoji 😆 I've got to do a video !
@dahlia_1899 2 жыл бұрын
This video come just at the right time. I literally went birding two dats ago and forgot my sd card so now I can't know if i saw a rarity who cane from America or the most common seagull because I don't have pictures 😭
@JohnCallender 2 жыл бұрын
These are all excellent pieces of advice, and yes, I’ve made all of these mistakes. I got in the habit early on of keeping a backpack with all my birding gear packed and ready to go (binoculars in there, batteries recharged, camera’s photos downloaded to my computer and deleted from the camera, extra cold-weather layers, couple of energy bars so I can skip that bowl of cereal), and ALWAYS getting it ready to go again as soon as I get home from birding. I’ve never regretted it. Still remember the time I went on a day-long drive into an awesome, restricted-access location we were scouting for an upcoming Christmas count, arrived at the destination, and only then realized I’d left my binoculars at home. Never again. 🙂
@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын
I think that’s definitely the best way to do it!
@arandomcasualgamer3923 Жыл бұрын
I'm a beginner birder in Florida. I mistook a Snail Kite for a Northern Harrier, because of the white rump. What I didn't know is that Snail Kites have it too. I guess it's possible to mistake rarities for commons.
@VanessaG1229 2 жыл бұрын
I'm notorious for not checking my battery level. So I have to keep turning my camera off and on to preserve battery life. I really should consider getting spare.
@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын
I would highly recommend it!
@ABirdersParadise 2 жыл бұрын
The last one is totally relatable. I miss rare birds all the time because I can't ever go immediately. The one exception was when there was a Long-tailed Duck was reported. I wasn't able to go for two weeks, but it was still around when I went to look for it.
@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah sometimes they surprise you!
@birdingthenation 2 жыл бұрын
I like to identify birds by hearing before seeing them. I use the National Audubon society app to look at the pictures of the birds while playing a recording of the call.
@dixxebell 2 жыл бұрын
I like the Audubon App for a "field guide" it's a good one and has all the info you need to help id with sound and sight..
@birdingthenation 2 жыл бұрын
@@dixxebell yeah I use it in the field. It is more convenient than the book field guid because my camera I use is an iPhone attached to a monocular. The monocular works surprisingly well for under $100.
@sgbauer13 3 ай бұрын
Where exactly can you get rare bird notifications? (Very new to birding)
@BadgerlandBirding 3 ай бұрын
On eBird! Under explore and alerts! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fqebltKVqZfRZoU.htmlsi=HjYsNeLphPzASUfd
@sgbauer13 3 ай бұрын
@@BadgerlandBirding Thank you!
@ferrisb1588 2 жыл бұрын
when i started birding i mistook an american wigeon (first time id seen one) for a gadwall 🤦 fortunately someone from ebird emailed me to let me know lol
@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын
It happens! It’s really helpful to have those eBird reviewers and photos as well!
@cindymillford1705 2 жыл бұрын
How do you contact people through ebird?
@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын
I don’t think there’s a way to do it through eBird. I normally look for them on Facebook.
@holdengreen2151 2 жыл бұрын
Occasionally people have their email address on their ebird profile, but generally not.
@cindymillford1705 2 жыл бұрын
@@holdengreen2151 thx
@snowyowl5556 2 жыл бұрын
Lol I have forgot my scope a few times 🤦♂️
@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын
Ryan forgot his camera once 😂 but remembered only a few minutes after leaving
@pauraque 2 жыл бұрын
I forgot my scope to a seawatch once and I swear I could here all those marbled murrelets laughing at me
@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын
@@pauraque oof. That’s a brutal one.
@pauraque 2 жыл бұрын
@@BadgerlandBirding Lol it was. All my friends were looking at jaegers and black-vented shearwaters, and I found a single fulmar :(
@snowyowl5556 2 жыл бұрын
@@pauraque at least you get fulmars 😞
@pauraque 2 жыл бұрын
There isn't a better feeling than correcting an eBird reviewer 😅
@birdecologyidentificationvideo 2 жыл бұрын
This video was not sponsored by Quaker Oats.
@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын
Haha, good one.
@cindymillford1705 2 жыл бұрын
Don't clear your card unless you're sure you've copied to computer. Spent all day birding and had amazing photos of green jays... All lost😞
@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын
That's a good point, too!
@photobobo 2 жыл бұрын
Are you still making the number 1 KZfaq video mistake?
@BadgerlandBirding 2 жыл бұрын
Probably
@darylbernard2616 Жыл бұрын
Sandy Komito's #1 Rule of Chasing Rare Birds: GET THE BIRD FIRST! Don't stop for coffee, donuts, breakfast...don't stop to look at another bird...don't stop for ANYTHING! You don't want to waste time en route and then show up and find out the bird was seen for the last time just minutes ago. GET. THE. RARE. BIRD. FIRST.
@BadgerlandBirding Жыл бұрын
Rules to live by 👍
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