Beginning birding

[Margaret Cameron <>]

I enjoyed this Jill - and one of the great pleasures once you've seen
quite a few birds is helping other people - beginners, visitors - to see
their new birds. Some "beginners" (some of them were not
really beginners and some who were had very sharp eyes) at the Birds
Australia Vicgroup campout at Gluepot over Easter greatly added to the
excitement of the camp for everyone! While perhaps it would be an
exaggeration to say I did a JIll Dening when I finally got them a good
view of a Weebill, I certainly felt very triumphant!

Also I find that helping other people to find an identify new birds has
hugely improved my own skills especially calls, behaviour, the plants
they favour etc.

Margaret



  for At 09:17 AM 28/04/03 +1000, jilldening wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> The thread on twitching came at the same time as a request from a
> birding
> friend for a snippet about my first sighting of a Common Sandpiper. I
> think
> it's worth sharing with you.
>
> When people say to me apologetically that they are "just
> beginners", I look
> upon them not with pity or superiority, but with envy.

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