tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post5658128175173348172..comments2023-10-31T05:14:06.482-07:00Comments on Bourbon, Bastards, and Birds.: The Human Birdwatcher Project Presents: It's My Job To Keep Birding Elite, or Esquire's Birder Gets BizarreSeagull Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-84610037729701641282014-06-03T16:56:54.703-07:002014-06-03T16:56:54.703-07:00Brilliant! Birding will NEVER be cool. NEVER. Stan...Brilliant! Birding will NEVER be cool. NEVER. Stand proud nerds!! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11082157765907868918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-38009559501985368482014-06-03T16:31:17.077-07:002014-06-03T16:31:17.077-07:00Brilliant post! That article didn't sit well w...Brilliant post! That article didn't sit well with me for basically all the reasons you mention.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17376547690512176423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-19073656920784682242014-06-03T13:18:45.877-07:002014-06-03T13:18:45.877-07:00Don't forget the guerrilla birders, those who ...Don't forget the guerrilla birders, those who kick in plywood covered entrances to abandoned buildings to look for barn owls, or covertly drive onto public (and posted) property in search of rarities (and at times get stuck in mud and found by property owners). I think I'm cool by myself, but my golfing buddies remind me what a dweeb I am when I'm calling out singing birds when I'm supposed to be hitting my tee shot.<br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04255322218507327176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-22718713066648694802014-06-03T13:13:49.629-07:002014-06-03T13:13:49.629-07:00spent a few nights bunked up in that cabin doing s...spent a few nights bunked up in that cabin doing surveys.<br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04255322218507327176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-89706164748513900332014-06-03T10:43:08.217-07:002014-06-03T10:43:08.217-07:00This entire post is brilliant. On my last TX pelag...This entire post is brilliant. On my last TX pelagic, we had a lady sleep standing up like a horse for about three hours. If only I'd taken a picture. thismachinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08072033666703203316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-25946813626609307982014-06-03T09:55:09.051-07:002014-06-03T09:55:09.051-07:00Yeah, what this guy said. Yeah, what this guy said. Jen Sanfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08932953314258705622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-73654111548986125472014-06-03T08:33:55.486-07:002014-06-03T08:33:55.486-07:00We definitely need more Emo birders. Because their...We definitely need more Emo birders. Because their fave bird would be piping plovers. That photo deserves a caption contest. I hope those 2 people know each other, or else the next photo in the sequence could be even more interesting.randomtruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01941027847362672057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-63674369081192790882014-06-02T21:41:29.907-07:002014-06-02T21:41:29.907-07:00birding is just as cool as the coolest thing there...birding is just as cool as the coolest thing there is when you are completely immersed in it, sufi hypnosis ecstasy style. that is why i do not want to be around other birders, because when that happens i am not really birding, im grinning like an ass and trying my best not to say something off the wall that will freak the people in your picture out. i look like a complete idiot when i am really birding, just as the the coolest musician looks embarrassing when they are really in it. the difference is that there are obvious advantages for, say, a musician to look cool and mail it in, but not for a birder. every once in a while ive met a group of birders who transcend all of this but it happens rarely at least for me i wish i got to bird with more cool birders dang.mccreedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06423046934906702939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-20745640005993345682014-06-02T20:56:45.559-07:002014-06-02T20:56:45.559-07:00So much this!
MORE BEER (even Bourbon) is desperat...So much this!<br />MORE BEER (even Bourbon) is desperately needed, before, during, and after. <br /><br />I've also never seen the frat boy birders (they're as mythical as the nesting Florida Piping Plovers, perhaps), but whose to say we can't get that party started here pretty soon. Laurence Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14766876797454283812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-88721907363202861492014-06-02T20:28:47.054-07:002014-06-02T20:28:47.054-07:00That is the BEST "I'm-sleeping-on-a-pelag...That is the BEST "I'm-sleeping-on-a-pelagic-that-I-paid-almost-$200-for" that I have ever seen. It's got everything. I think a post just on the topic of this picture is highly B&B worthy.Rob Fowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00057243877284859139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-58929255819163622992014-06-02T17:50:06.556-07:002014-06-02T17:50:06.556-07:00The reference to Nofx is superb.The reference to Nofx is superb.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172285466289881050.post-89357891314477411392014-06-02T17:24:21.228-07:002014-06-02T17:24:21.228-07:00He is as clumsy as he is stupid!
He is as clumsy as he is stupid!<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10919516347421533432noreply@blogger.com