Where are you off to today? "Oh I'm hitting the landfill, the sod farms, and ending the day at the sewage treatment plant!" 🤓
@pauraque
Жыл бұрын
REAL BRUH
@OspreyFlyer
Жыл бұрын
Yep, I've basically said that! 😂
@calmwoodcreations3709
Жыл бұрын
Was an operator at a wastewater treatment plant for many years. We had a lagoon system that attracted enough unique, rarely seen birds that the local Audobon Society would arrange birdwatching outings with me, with the City's blessing. I identified-- and had confirmed --3 sightings new to the county.
@snowyowl5556
Жыл бұрын
@@calmwoodcreations3709 that's awesome that you got to be a part of that 🤙
@pauraque
Жыл бұрын
@@calmwoodcreations3709 Awesome! I once met another super nice WWTP operator in Ukiah and he took me around in a little golf cart thing right up to a Ruff after hours!
@OspreyFlyer
Жыл бұрын
Yep, I've set my alarm for 3:00 am, then woke up on my own at 2:30 am, so I could drive somewhere to bird. Didn't want to miss the Dawn Chorus! 😂
@moliwog
Жыл бұрын
literally about to do the same to se the dawn chorus next weekend haha
@cdof5981
Жыл бұрын
Another crazy aspect of birders is the weight and cumbersome nature of gear we voluntarily carry. In hot conditions when normal people wear the minimum we carry telescope, tripod, camera and enormous lens, plus binoculars.
@andycameron9421
Жыл бұрын
Can pretty much relate to all this 😂 Certainly visited a few sewage farms, particularly when I've been on birding holidays as they're often hot spots.
@darylbernard2616
Жыл бұрын
Sewage Treatment Lagoons! I love 'em!
@colettejungbluth2651
Жыл бұрын
3:45 am birding ✔️ Vacations planned around birding ✔️ -15 degrees birding ✔️ Birding landfills here and other countries ✔️ Driving over 400 miles in one day to bird ✔️ Waiting 90 minutes for a late birding buddy ✔️😂
@BadgerlandBirding
Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂 I’ll make sure he’s on time for the next trip -Derek
@douglaswetzel3221
Жыл бұрын
@@BadgerlandBirding that's why I go solo.mostly. Do my best birding that way too.
@OspreyFlyer
Жыл бұрын
I went out before dawn and about -9 degrees to recount Rusty Blackbirds for a Christmas Bird Count. 😂
@pauraque
Жыл бұрын
Going to the sod fields, then a picturesque beach, then a mcdonalds parking lot for Rusty Blackbird 💪
@BadgerlandBirding
Жыл бұрын
Going to the Sod Farm: $20 in gas money Beach Entrance Fee: $5 Sharing a small fry with a spry Rusty Blackbird in a Mickey D’s Parking lot: Priceless
@pauraque
Жыл бұрын
@@BadgerlandBirding Literally tho 😂
@ABirdersParadise
Жыл бұрын
I'm a bit like that. I've never gotten up at 2 or 3 in the morning just to go somewhere to look for a bird, but it's possible I could in the future.
@DavidThumim99099
Жыл бұрын
Could you make a video on the recent claimed sightings of multiple ivory billed woodpeckers in Louisiana?
@BadgerlandBirding
Жыл бұрын
It’s on our list! We did cover the “pre-print” of the paper that was published but it didn’t include as much. kzitem.info/news/bejne/06yck6VpoJd1ioY
@DavidThumim99099
Жыл бұрын
@@BadgerlandBirding thanks so much for the quick response! I honestly wasn't expecting it so quickly!
@aknightthatsaysnee5259
Жыл бұрын
Ahh, that's crazy talk!
@joanneiskierka9388
Жыл бұрын
Sewage Lagoons!
@m.hernandez1404
Жыл бұрын
I am birder. I am crazy.
@BadgerlandBirding
Жыл бұрын
Same
@bassangler73
Жыл бұрын
Im an avid bird photographer and a 5150 case...lol
@michaelhill9738
Жыл бұрын
Actually, none of this is crazy. Photographers, hikers, mountain climbers and bikers, hunters, fisherman, mineral collectors and people into numerous other hobbies/activities do all these things and more. Shoot, millions of people travel thousands of miles just to hang out at a beach when they have perfectly good beaches a short drive from home! So, birding craziness is really no different than the plain ol' craziness everyone exhibits from time to time.
@BadgerlandBirding
Жыл бұрын
Mountain bikers are going to sewage ponds?
@hautehussey
Жыл бұрын
You missed the expense of it all. Paying thousands for scopes and lenses, specialty clothing, etc..
@laurakarr29
Жыл бұрын
If you would drive 500 miles and hike up a 1500 foot cliff in 100 degree weather for a 5 second look at a bird, you may be a birder (Colima Warbler). Preach it, brother!
@Jps3bs
Жыл бұрын
I guess I'm not that CRAZY 🤪 yet but I think if one is passionate about their hobby then do what it takes for success 🤗 I'm 69 now and have been an avid bird watcher since I was 10. I also was very passionate and maybe CRAZY about my other hobby metal detecting. Well done video. Keep up the great work 😀👍
@bobhunter8968
Жыл бұрын
My wife is a “part time” birder. Not willing to get up early, can bird for maybe 2 out of 3 days at a stretch. Yet, somehow I have managed to take her to numerous sewage/water treatment places, dumps and even a bombing range. I think she would agree with you “Birders are crazy,” 😂
@aurora571000
Жыл бұрын
How romantic!
@jimhunsberger263
Жыл бұрын
The “craziness”of birding has been essential to maintaining my sanity these days :-). Checking my local landfill and wastewater treatment plants for next mini-birdcations. Thanks for the holiday tips!!
@ludwigiapilosa508
Жыл бұрын
A fork-tailed flycatcher showed up a mile from my home in Maryland last year. No plane ticket required. :)
@drews3755
Жыл бұрын
I remember scanning palm trees with my binoculars looking for Nanday Parakeets at a busy intersection at a massive shopping center in Phoenix. People either looked at me like I had two heads or poked their heads out of their vehicles to try to see what I was looking at😂
@YvonneSebastian1980
Жыл бұрын
Ha!.. I can definitely relate.. my muscles are not what they used to be.. but I’ll hike a mile for birds.. and rocks..😁.. happy birding ❤️☮️
@Chris_Wolfgram
Жыл бұрын
I am definitely a bird crazy fool :) Birdcations are what I live for :) 5000 mile rounds trips, no problem. My Prius is the best B&B I could ever ask for :) Great video guys.
@tracyreaume6451
Жыл бұрын
Yes!!! I’ll be on the road at 4:30am tomorrow to go to a Songbird Festival 2.5 hours away! Yes, I’m crazeeeeee!😂
@Beryllahawk
Жыл бұрын
Haha, great video!! By no means am I up to any of these "crazy standards" - but certainly even in the simple bird watching me and my son are doing, my husband has looked at both of us like we've lost our minds, and more than once, hehe Especially when we're in the car and suddenly hollering "HAWK" or simply "look look look look" haha! He almost never sees the bird, and anyway doesn't care much about it, since for him birds are background noise. He is, needless to say, NOT a nature guy :P Speaking of shouts of "HAWK" - we saw one yesterday evening!!!!!! Literally RIGHT OVER our yard, less than twenty feet over our heads. We're pretty sure it was an immature Red Shouldered, but he (or she) spent a good ten minutes resting in the tree. Our "local" mockingbird started harassing the hawk - brave creature - but before the catbirds joined in, the hawk moseyed on. Absolutely gorgeous bird, and we were FAR more excited than most of our friends and family would be, haha!
@Hummingbirder1
Жыл бұрын
Excellent video, Ryan! I certainly recognize myself in many of these points, even though I'm somewhat lazy and won't do *everything* necessary to get a bird...
@chickadeecentral
Жыл бұрын
As a birder I can confirm we are crazy people
@nature_rabbits5370
Жыл бұрын
Getting overly excited about a lifer! I got the Common yellowthroat and I got overly excited to the point where my entire class to hear!
@OspreyFlyer
Жыл бұрын
I remember when I got my CY lifer and was able to identify their song. Yep, I was excited! That was way back when you had to memorize the songs, calls, chips from listening to tapes or CDs. 😂
@janetdierker5700
Жыл бұрын
All true! I took a solo vacation to south Texas between Christmas and New Year's one year to go birding. One of the places I planned to visit was the Brownsville City Dump, the only place in the U.S. where the Chihuahua Raven can be found. Sadly, the day I arrived, the dump was closed because it had rained and the unpaved roads were too muddy for cars. The following day was a Sunday, the regular day the dump was closed. And the day after that was New Year's Day--and the dump was closed for the holiday!! So no Chihuahua Raven for me😔, but I did see lots of other cool birds, including lifers roseate spoonbills and black bellied whistling ducks. Really enjoy all your videos!
@aurora571000
Жыл бұрын
You must have been crushed to not get in! At least there were others to see…I particularly like roseate spoonbills
@drews3755
Жыл бұрын
,✅✅✅✅✅ It's funny, I was just using all of these examples the other day telling a co-worker about this hobby. Great video!
@aurizzistic
Жыл бұрын
How does Illinois rank for becoming a birder? My doctor reccomended it as a hobby for me to help me get out more as an agoraphobic. Any experience in Illinois? I know you mentioned a rare bird there. :O
@louisebelair2245
Жыл бұрын
Yes Sometime I think I'm crazy about birds, and I do listen a lot of You Tube videos about birds 😄.
@Koko-rc3pz
Жыл бұрын
I can safely declare that i am, in fact, a crazy person.
@k3nfr0st39
Жыл бұрын
Same thing with school. We never wanted to wake up for school. However, Saturday morning cartoons waking at 6 am was easy. The same is thing here, waking up 3am for birds for adults is the same thing.
@joelstephens5609
Жыл бұрын
I love this video! I am in Hawaii now, why, you ask?, beaches, luau’s,? umm no, birds.
@jacobstreets8445
Жыл бұрын
Haha. Yes to all of the crazy places and long hikes. The gators, racoons, coyotes, and snakes are just part of the routine too.
@BenneRoelen
Жыл бұрын
We can go crazy over a little brown bird just because it's rare.
@malolm
Жыл бұрын
i love how a birder can calmly say "Oh im hitting the dump at 3:00 AM 😎!" and think its totally normal, just goes to show how crazy we really are. Thanks ryan awesome video!
@michaelhochstetler8483
Жыл бұрын
Let's go! Ain't birding a blast?😉
@GratefulDeb270
Жыл бұрын
Delightful! Ty ❤
@mr1pearl
Жыл бұрын
I can pass that test with ease 🤪
@blurrybirdpictures
Жыл бұрын
You forgot sewage lagoons... I've been to sewage lagoons on 3 or 4 continents... 💩 lol
@OspreyFlyer
Жыл бұрын
I'm a big sewage lagoons fan! 😂
@jackaanerud2938
Жыл бұрын
Have you guys seen some sagebrush birds like Brewer’s Sparrow, Green-tailed Towhee, and Greater Sage Grouse?
@miguel_aquatico
Жыл бұрын
me trying to explain my mom why im spending my saturday in a waste water treatment facility
@BadgerlandBirding
Жыл бұрын
Classic
@calmwoodcreations3709
Жыл бұрын
I could show you a place in Washington state where gray-crowned rosy finches spend the winters in the vacant cliff swallow nesting colony on a basalt cliff. Or at least they used to do. Haven't been back since I moved out of the region years back, so you'd be taking a big chance if you took me up on it.
@NobleHereticLP
Жыл бұрын
BIRDS AREN'T REAL!!
@BadgerlandBirding
Жыл бұрын
Calm down little fella
@trevinwhiteley2730
Жыл бұрын
I’ve HEARD that some people will trespass into the wooded property of others in the interest of spotting a bird they have heard
@aurora571000
Жыл бұрын
Agree, crazy, too. I’ll have to give the dump a try! Any particular time of day best?
@meikamartin953
Жыл бұрын
Definitely got some strange looks when you tell people you were hanging out at the sewage ponds LOL.
@snowyowl5556
Жыл бұрын
I too, am a self admitted crazy person. Might also be a homeless checklist man, who knows 🤔
@BroshearFamily
Жыл бұрын
I am definintly someone who wakes up at 5 to watch birds
@davearchbell9921
Жыл бұрын
Only 5 reasons 😂😂😂
@BadgerlandBirding
Жыл бұрын
🤫
@davearchbell9921
Жыл бұрын
@@BadgerlandBirding You got them all. I recently drove 2 hours north of Toronto, stood in ankle deep water; forgot my boots, to see a Lumpkin.
@markrigg6623
9 ай бұрын
Only 5?
@HeavyTF2real
Жыл бұрын
As someone who is a bat watcher and birder, I can confidently say that bat watchers are also fucking nuts
@BadgerlandBirding
Жыл бұрын
I can’t even imagine what the bat watching community is like
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