re: Birds at your Feeder: 2024

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Man that's an impressive ID list

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Thanks!

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Y'all must have been doing it for a while to ID all those birds...

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I was raised in a bird watching family, but took it up much later - after retirement.

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Y'all using the old Sibley's book or the Cornell app?

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For book field reference, I prefer the Nat Geo 7th Edition, but Sibley East is okay. We also have a number of the old books such as Roger Tory Peterson.
For Hummingbirds, Nancy Newfield's books are helpful and some are free on-line and Sheri Williamson did the Peterson Field Guide - Hummingbirds of North America.
We also use Merlin for bird call help, but never rely on that because of the frequency of errors. Gives us an idea what we are looking for when we hear something new.
Louisiana Ornithological Society FB page is good for learning - as is What's This Bird - a sub group of ABA.
I contribute to Cornell's Macaulay Library, and often look at it. Their All About Birds is very helpful - I recommend that one very highly.

But the biggest thing is getting out in the field and looking at them.