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Agent Intellect
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i think it sounds dreadfully boring, personally. i'd rather read a book or something. bird watching doesn't sound mentally stimulating at all lol.
IntenseBurger
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I've always been fascinated by birds. Not really sure why, I just always have since I was a kid. I've tried to assess exactly why I love birds so much but I haven't really figured it out.
So basically I bird watch quit often and get some good pics
So basically I bird watch quit often and get some good pics
grey matters
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Birdwatching used to be associated with little old ladies with funny hats. You would not believe what group of people really get into birdwatching these days. It's young men. they compete with each other for how many different species of birds they saw on any given birding expedition and then get to argue over weather the other guy, (the competition) actually saw the bird or birds that he says he saw.
They have these rediculus 24 or more hour birding competitions where the goal is to see as many different birds as possible in that ammount of time. These guys actually get up at o'dark morning to do this and continue doing this on into the night.
I say this is proof positive that men can turn anything, and I mean anythig, into a competition sport.
They have these rediculus 24 or more hour birding competitions where the goal is to see as many different birds as possible in that ammount of time. These guys actually get up at o'dark morning to do this and continue doing this on into the night.
I say this is proof positive that men can turn anything, and I mean anythig, into a competition sport.
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I agree with you on that one.
I think the reasoning behind being fascinated with birds would be similar to your favorite color. You generally don't question that though. You just accept it the way it is.
(I'm not speaking from any real knowledge on the subject just my opinion on the matter)
Artifice Orisit
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Heh, so very true; I'm pretty sure there is a competition for every bodily function.
But I'd have to lose many competitions before I stoop that low.
Not that I've got anything against watching birds, it just seems like a pretty pathetic form of competition. But hey if they enjoy it who am I to say they shouldn't.
grey matters
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What exactly is boring about bird watching?
Is it the discipline of having to wake up early in the morning?
Is it tromping around in the woods or marshes when you would rather be on the computer (or a number of other things for that matter)?
Is it putting forth every effort to find as many birds as possible to fill up a brag list only to turn around and do it all over again the next weekend?
or is it that one boring little brown bird looks like the next?
Is it the discipline of having to wake up early in the morning?
Is it tromping around in the woods or marshes when you would rather be on the computer (or a number of other things for that matter)?
Is it putting forth every effort to find as many birds as possible to fill up a brag list only to turn around and do it all over again the next weekend?
or is it that one boring little brown bird looks like the next?
EloquentBohemian
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Let's see... living downtown in a metropolitan area.
Birds?
Starlings, chickadees, crows, seagulls, pigeons.
Okay, I'm done.
What's next?
Birds?
Starlings, chickadees, crows, seagulls, pigeons.
Okay, I'm done.
What's next?
grey matters
The Old Grey Silly One
E.B. to see more birds try the local garbage dump. My mom says that's a great place to see birds. She goes all over the country on birdwatching tours. A few years ago she went to Brownsville Texas where the main attraction on that tour was the local garbage dump to see some sort of Mexican black bird. Try it, you might increase your list by a bird or two.
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They don't keep still, birds don't. Butterfly watching is better.
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Adur Butterfly & Large Moth List
http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Butterfly-list2008.html
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There are pros and cons for why INTPs would do okay in birdwatching.
We're naturally introverted, so we wouldn't get really boring. We're fairly intelligent, and would probably do well identifying and spotting birds.
On the other side, it's another six hours away from our computers. We also love thinking, and the forest is a peaceful place to think. But we'd get captured in our thoughts, daze off, and our weak Se function wouldn't snap us back.
Of course, if an INTP was looking stimulate their Se function then it might be worthwhile.
We're naturally introverted, so we wouldn't get really boring. We're fairly intelligent, and would probably do well identifying and spotting birds.
On the other side, it's another six hours away from our computers. We also love thinking, and the forest is a peaceful place to think. But we'd get captured in our thoughts, daze off, and our weak Se function wouldn't snap us back.
Of course, if an INTP was looking stimulate their Se function then it might be worthwhile.
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The Starling got indoors this afternoon. This was simultaneous with the neighbour reporting me to the Police. I don't know how the Starling got in. I am not quite sure why the neighbour is reporting me to the Police either. For leaving a mattress in the front garden because it won't fit on the bicycle to take down to the municipal dump.
Still trying to work out a plan to get rid of the mattress. The Starling flew out the open window quicker than a fly. They are quite bright, these young Starlings.
Still trying to work out a plan to get rid of the mattress. The Starling flew out the open window quicker than a fly. They are quite bright, these young Starlings.
grey matters
The Old Grey Silly One
You have a point, butterfly watching is better, You can kill a butterfly and pin it out on a board. I would not recommend this with a bird.
grey matters
The Old Grey Silly One
People kill butterflies for the purpose of scientific examination, to learn from them, and some people collect them. My 7 year old niece has quite a collection. I don't think the butterfly suffers, if at all. But if it makes you feel better she catches the butterfly and quickly kills it in the freezer or by some other method.
Artifice Orisit
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A seven year old girl who sets out to kill butterflies; evidently not an "F" type.
Oh and freezing bugs just puts them to sleep, in fact I spent many hours as a child trying to figure out how to cryo-freeze a fly. Mum didn't quiet understand the scientific significance of a fly in a ice cube; so never figured out how to freeze a fly without drowning it.
Oh and freezing bugs just puts them to sleep, in fact I spent many hours as a child trying to figure out how to cryo-freeze a fly. Mum didn't quiet understand the scientific significance of a fly in a ice cube; so never figured out how to freeze a fly without drowning it.