How I Got Into Bird Watching

[@TheQuantumPotato]

Pat's just a good fucking dude. Nice to see someone who knows what they like and doesn't have to conform to either mainstream society's definition of a man or the total tough guy image. To be a real individual is an achievement these days.

[@BD-dr1hw]

I think it was the author Jim Harrison who observed that boys tended to gravitate either toward stick-and-ball games or toward the woods (hunting, fishing, etc.). By the time I was 12 I headed into the woods with my binoculars and bird book.

[@bearskinner2601]

Pileated woodpecker call in the swamp is my favorite.

[@gx12]

Always cool to hear Pat Mac talk about his “sissy” hobbies. Did people ever try to bully you for your hobbies? It’s nice to see that society is a little more open minded about letting kids pursue their interests.

[@hiramhaji7813]

Birding is relaxing and if give you a glimpse into the melody of nature

[@MrYournamehere4202]

Just when I think Pat couldn't be any cooler.. Bam! He takes it to the next level!!

[@siegehammer63]

I too enjoying bird watching, I particularly love pheasants

[@MrDavidcleveringa]

Growing up I watched birds and animals. I never knew how much the skills needed for that hobby would translate into other areas.

[@TLM4590]

I recently got into birding as one of my numerous, what I call, "micro-hobbies", which are often short lived and unperfected. It's awesome to see that a man like Pat Mac can indulge in a less "manly" hobby as well. Favorite bird I've identified so far is the Tufted Titmouse, for various reasons. It's fun to be out and identify stuff you never knew the name of, be it birds, snakes, trees, plants, etc.

[@carbonking53]

I love seeing a Bald Eagle and an Indigo Bunting. Totally different birds, but each are beautiful.

[@oliveoildwk2856]

Appreciating all of God's creation, Hell yeah

[@JaxenChaz]

Basic dude stuff

[@jackwagon1798]

I got to talk birds with Pat Mac in WY. Blue grouse, spruce grouse, chukar. Good times. Offer is still out there, anytime you want to hunt birds behind pointing dogs, bring it!

[@markscott4881]

Favorite bird sound? Screech Owl, soft and haunting trill.

[@Daniel_Palmqvist]

Birds are superhard to take real good pictures of in the wild. 🤟👍

[@malakhthefallen]

Hey Pat, all winter this year I have had a female leucistic House Sparrow visiting the feeder. She's beautiful! And we have a pair of Cooper's Hawks that nest nearby. They raised three chicks last summer.

[@cltnc571]

I used to see all kinds of birds where I used to live. A Merlin had a smaller bird for lunch ,Pileated Woodpeckers always in pairs going thru dead trees like a wood chipper and Hawks doing the dirty. All that right out the back glass door sitting on my couch.

[@carlosfernandez1]

Guaraguao, is a family of the Eagle. Love to see them in the mountains in front of my house.

[@oduneyeman]

cool stuff, I can see this man ending a rival and then saying shhhh you'll disturb the peregrines.

[@X_Matt876]

Appreciating Mother Nature -Basic dude stuff.

[@cluek9780]

JEEzus, Pat could show up in a pink mohair sweater and STILL read as UltraDude

[@anitacoogan4822]

Liked hearing how you began bird interest. Carolina Wren sings "Cheez Burger, Cheez Burger" A Freind & I rescue songbirds that hit the glass skyscrapers in Newark NJ, TRT made a video named 'Window Strikes in the Business District' of us picking up injured Warblers. In Newark most of the birds that hit the glass skyscrapers perish on impact, or when fall to the cement pavement. The injured get a 2nd chance. We even rescued a Peregrine Falcon that was seen years later in a diff state, Both red-tail hawks we brought in did not make it they had old & new gunshot wounds, broken talons, etc in additional to hitting the Glass. Skyscraper

[@no1special999]

It's nice when you get a bird parked on a branch in your backyard and you start mimicking it's call for a bit and then change it up only for it to start imitating you. One of those unexplainably satisfying things. Hummingbirds are pretty amazing if you can manage to see one, the way they float almost motionless looks fake and if you can get one to feed from your hand they become quite friendly. Crows/ravens are highly underrated as well and while they might not be as fierce or amazing as a BOP they hold their own in the intelligence department. Personally I am waiting for the first unfortunate person to discover a distant feathered descendant of the velociraptor with wings in the rainforest somewhere before I declare favorite bird but for now I will go with crowned eagle for brawn and common raven for brains.

[@cluek9780]

Indigo bunting or scarlet tanager- will make you a birder, sure

[@twotonanchor]

Love watching birds. Fascinating little creatures. Just saw my first European Starling a couple days ago☕️👍🏼

[@TLM4590]

Here in Georgia, they are numerous and considered a pest with an open hunting season. I think are underestimated as a beautiful bird.

[@suntzu5836]

Watching two Robins kick the shit out of each other vying for nesting sites in a tree in my front yard as I type. These birds are getting sporty!

[@TacticalCanner]

Surprised it wasn't Indigo Bunting because it's beak looks like METAL!!!

[@mikebussart2575]

They are simple birds but like to watch the Robins work my front yard early in the morning for bugs and worms and both me and the wife like Hummingbirds.

[@RicoZaid_]

Pigeons in the open, adjust fire, over.

[@wolffo999]

birds are kool

[@d3ad3gg17]

Best bird fact has to be harris hawks stand ontop of each other to see prey, its called back standing

[@tmaddrummer]

Soothing.....

[@codycox2685]

Every time I see a prey bird I get a profound sense of well being. Red tailed hawks are my favorite. Was set up last weekend in my hammock in Missouri, had Black Hawk Down going on my audible, and saw the same two hawks for about an hour. A shit hot kind of day.

[@victorcoleman949]

That's pretty awesome. About 2 weeks ago, my daughter and I watched a red tail build a nest in a big tree in the backyard.

[@codycox2685]

@@victorcoleman949 damn, i'd like to see that too!

[@RaoulDuke4444]

No joke I got into birds because I’d go to the park to relax and decompress whenever I was hungover hahaha

[@bhief473]

Indigo buntings navigate by the stars 😳

[@uriahmccullar4762]

Penguin falcon and Carolina wren

[@defenderofwisdom]

I would enjoy defending my capacity as philosopher in court.

[@firebpm4977]

Did you use chauls and crayon like Capn Bob!!!!??? New Englad TV !

[@cluek9780]

Looked up on a Colorado ridge last week to see a hazy blob of a thing, circled by a *big, dark bird: “oh YEAH- Bald eagles live here!” It was a nest and a female landing in it. No other movement -yet.

[@enikadakine]

I doubt he'll see it, but he should check out the BirdNote podcast. Up to 435 episodes now.

[@509Gman]

So the “yellow bird” cadence, yay or nay?

[@oncrx]

What binoculars would you recommend for bird watching without too much consideration on price

[@cluek9780]

Check a pair of Minolta binoculars- a pure pleasure to look-thru for birding- and I’ve tried dozens, from *most mfgrs. (Gave a pair to my USMC father.) For tactical? Dunno

[@roccodog5782]

What about Hummingbirds

[@jojodiver8706]

Indigo Bunting, but rare as hell. Love Bluebirds, hate European Sparrows.

[@roccodog5782]

Bird watching Basic Dude Stuff

[@haroldellis9721]

My boys ride unicycles.

[@danceswithsticks]

Warrior hobbies for $1000 Alex!

[@user-pe1by4hg1f]

what kind of bird is this? - 🐦 -

[@SpiritMjolnir]

A blue bird.

[@Seasniffer69]

A blue falcon

[@SpiritMjolnir]

@@Seasniffer69 😂 it's been awhile since I've heard that term.

[@1970bosshemi]

Appreciating mother nature, is basic dude stuff

[@antargari9129]

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