Tag: birders

Birding

Birding with my fellow blogger

October 16, 2024 by Leslie Kinrys 2 Comments

It started with an email regarding another birder’s blog. Then, the blogger in Panama mentioned that he was going to be in Toronto in...

Birding

How Many Birders are There, Really? (Addendum)

June 8, 2021 by Jason Crotty No Comments

I have previously written about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s estimates regarding the number of birders in the United States. The most recent...

Birding

A Survey of U.S. Birders

April 13, 2021 by Jason Crotty 1 Comment

Comprehensive surveys of U.S. birders are rare, so the recent release of a “National Survey of Birdwatchers: Nationwide and Flyway Comparisons” is notable. Although...

Birding, From the Archives

How Many Birders Are There, Really? (Updated)

May 12, 2020 by Jason Crotty 4 Comments

How many birders are there in America? For such a simple question, it turns out there are very few solid estimates. Indeed, there appears...

Birding, Reviews

Birder, Defined

December 6, 2017 by Jason Crotty No Comments

I recently read Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries, a book by Kory Stamper, a lexicographer at Merriam-Webster. For anyone who has...

Birding

Intervention: Stringer Edition

June 21, 2016 by Felonious Jive 7 Comments

There are two types of birders that everyone hates – assholes and stringers. Which is worse, I don’t know. But everyone has dealt with...

Birding

How Many Birders Are There, Really?

April 7, 2016 by Jason Crotty 4 Comments

Jason A. Crotty is a birder and lawyer living in Portland, Oregon. Jason’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds tackled the importance of the National...