Looking for a place to initiate discussion or share something random yet compelling related to birds, birding, nature, or conservation? You’ve found it. Welcome to our Weekly Wednesday Open Thread!
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I’ll start the proceedings, but feel free to take the conversation in a different direction:
Since I’ve just arrived at the fabulous Annual Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival, birding festivals are on my mind. Have you ever been to a birding festival or large organized group event? If so, which are your favorites?
Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but he's also a traveler who fully expects to see every bird in the world. Besides founding 10,000 Birds in 2003, Mike has also created a number of other entertaining but now extirpated nature blog resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network and I and the Bird.
Never done a fair, but I think this thread should be used to wish Aussies a happy Australia Day! Here’s to kookaburras, emus and cockatoos!
I have also never been to one, and this threat seems somewhat related to the “do birds count if you see them alone” question in that many birders prefer to bird alone.
I guess birding festivals are a lot of fun, but frankly, if I have to “invest” a few days of paid leave (and we know the yearly contingent is limited), I’d rather go to the woods than a festival.
Just my personal take.
And here’s to Inland Taipan, Brown Snake, and Funnel-web spiders.
And to Green Tree Frogs hunting adult Saltwater Crocodiles in packs of 30+ 🙂
@Duncan: We don’t want to get too Australian though.
viva los loros!!!