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Birding life (lemmy.today)

submitted 2 days ago by DearMoogle@lemmy.today to c/birding@lemmy.world

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[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 38 points 2 days ago (10 children)

Scrolling through the all feed and didn't realize this was on a birding sub, and I really thought it was going to end with a joke about killing some rare bird species.

I like this version so much better, it's so wholesome and makes me want to get into birding

[–] Foreigner@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Do iiiitttt!! You don't need expensive equipment, a decent pair of 8×42 binoculars is enough to get started (I like Bushnell's). It's a great way to spend time in nature and it can make such a difference for your mental health. That is, until you run into your first nemesis bird. Then there's only rage...

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

... Nemesis bird?

[–] Foreigner@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Basically a bird you've been trying to see multiple times but it's eluded you so far. Other useful terms:

Lifer: A specific species of bird you've seen for the first time ever
Jizz: The bird's 'vibe', if you will. Sometimes you can't see or hear a bird well enough but you can tell what it is by a combination of factors like the way it flies/moves, its behaviour, location, etc. That's jizz.
Little Brown Jobs/Birds (LBJ/Bs): Lots of birds are small, brown and look very alike. It's hell to tell some of them apart.
Windfucker: this isn't an actual useful term, it's the old english name for a kestrel. I just find it very funny.

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[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I can't tell if I'm being trolled here with "jizz" and I'm far too afraid to Google "bird jizz" to find out

[–] Foreigner@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I shit you not, it is a real thing: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jizz_(birding)

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Huh! That's wild

Also, this image is getting shared to everyone I know

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[–] dirthawker0@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Honestly I don't know why this term exists when we already have "rizz" (etymology charisma) which could be stretched to mean "characteristics" and not make non-birders snicker or go wide-eyed.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

You've seen what bird people legitimately name birds, right? There's no way it isn't intentional.