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Hahaha, yes, yes, I am. Last week I looked up and saw a great blue heron flying low overhead, so I said, "grrraaaaack" up to him. Do you know he did a U-turn, came back, flew around me in a circle and grrraaacccked back three times then turned again and went on his way. My bf has always considered the great blue heron his totem or spirit animal. I went back to the house and said, "Hey, somebody said to tell you hello!"
I had a different app, but it would identify birdsong, another to identify plants, another with trail info, weather alerts.....
I would be so sad without my phone.
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I feel the same way, but I realized while living in New Mexico that there were only so many beautiful photos I could take of Hermit's Peak, the lake, the pond, the cows, the sheep, the goats... the horse, dogs and cats on the ranch... Not to mention the absolutely amazing sunsets and cloud formations.
Believe it or not, one of my groups contains actual older people who actually learned and remember bird songs and can identify them all by sound, without consulting an app, so there's no need to pull out a phone on our hikes. Knowledge *used* to be passed down from one generation to the next. Sadly, it looks like the last one of their kind is dying out.
I feel the same way, but I realized while living in New Mexico that there were only so many beautiful photos I could take
Tell me about it! One of my photo temptations is the annual fireweed bloom. Year after year, in all sorts of weather, I just keep snapping more pics of the amazing swathes of pink/purple along various roads and outside the back door. And Kachemak Bay, Mount Susitna, Iliamna, St. Augustine, Grewingk Glacier...so tedious!
Believe it or not, one of my groups contains actual older people who actually learned and remember bird songs and can identify them all by sound, without consulting an app, so there's no need to pull out a phone on our hikes. Knowledge *used* to be passed down from one generation to the next. Sadly, it looks like the last one of their kind is dying out.
True, my dad and my uncle always used to hike in the mountains and they knew all about birds and plants and trees and so did my mom. I wish I retained all of their talk from all those years ago but it's been too many years. My son can name quite a few things but he's learned that stuff on his own as an adult. I think he's the exception rather than the norm though.
Believe it or not, one of my groups contains actual older people who actually learned and remember bird songs and can identify them all by sound, without consulting an app, so there's no need to pull out a phone on our hikes. Knowledge *used* to be passed down from one generation to the next. Sadly, it looks like the last one of their kind is dying out.
We have been birding with several birding groups both in New York and Idaho. Experience birders can identify birds by songs. Newbies can learn by birding with experience people and using guide books, listening to bird song tapes, watching videos, taking courses (we took a great birding by ear class two years ago to learn about Idaho/western birds) OR using birding apps.
Many birders including us use birding apps. They are great learning tools. Knowledge can pass from one generation to the next by multiple means: direct teaching, books, audios, videos, internet and APPS!!!!
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and thank you for posting about Songsleuth I can't believe I haven't heard about that one - gotta download it.
