tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post5040849460029427333..comments2023-09-16T04:08:25.750-07:00Comments on Butler's Birds: A Twitcher's Diaried Thought ProcessLaurence Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14766876797454283812noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post-14081477169274699442014-05-14T07:01:18.615-07:002014-05-14T07:01:18.615-07:00Phew! Yes I haven't chased any gulls in AZ, in...Phew! Yes I haven't chased any gulls in AZ, in part for that worry on their transient habits, but next time there's a LBBG I'll be hitting the road I think.<br /><br />This was my longest twitch to date, as I never made that Wood Rail chase, but there is a certain, romantic allure.Laurence Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14766876797454283812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post-80759561641298827652014-05-14T06:58:38.994-07:002014-05-14T06:58:38.994-07:00Well said Kathleen, it's an important but deli...Well said Kathleen, it's an important but delicate ratio. There are certainly some rare birds that aren't so cool, and chasing them is uninspired just as the sightings. The Sharp-tailed, luckily, is not such a case : )Laurence Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14766876797454283812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post-26879684680385623122014-05-14T04:17:40.193-07:002014-05-14T04:17:40.193-07:00I find I get an energy boost for each cool bird I ...I find I get an energy boost for each cool bird I see proportional to the coolness of the bird. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post-71495581243353922672014-05-13T22:54:05.138-07:002014-05-13T22:54:05.138-07:00Great post, sad and funny at the same time. At le...Great post, sad and funny at the same time. At least this story had a good ending for ya! A great ending I should say. This is how I felt when the Lesser Black-backed Gull showed up last year. I had to wait three days before I could see it. Once I saw it, it soon left for good a few hours later...Tommy DeBardelebenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14927348437153499516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post-35231403996933303632014-05-13T07:21:05.127-07:002014-05-13T07:21:05.127-07:00And the essence of such a birder after the weekend...And the essence of such a birder after the weekend? More exhausted than when it started!Laurence Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14766876797454283812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post-81243539414869059842014-05-13T04:58:20.595-07:002014-05-13T04:58:20.595-07:00Having read the chase post before this one, I know...Having read the chase post before this one, I know how it ends! I saw you updated, but hadn't been at a computer as I've either been at work, or in the field, or crashing (fortunately not the car). Now that I've read both the update and the comments, it seems you've captured the essence of the obsessed birder. Well done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post-63841172575023466212014-05-09T10:14:43.267-07:002014-05-09T10:14:43.267-07:00No. I totally chickened out and went to work, soci...No. I totally chickened out and went to work, social obligations, etc. like a sucker.Laurence Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14766876797454283812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post-84716293816957403862014-05-09T08:30:03.284-07:002014-05-09T08:30:03.284-07:00Should I laugh, or cry?! Did you go?! Loved the po...Should I laugh, or cry?! Did you go?! Loved the post; risk the job, find the bird! Ok, ok, maybe not super realistic but…Did you go?! Waiting for Saturday before the crack of dawn?! Will you even sleep? By the way, skip the girlfriend's birthday and you'll rue the day you ever fell for feathers.Jannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172034972414945913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post-32128567119902990512014-05-08T22:34:25.733-07:002014-05-08T22:34:25.733-07:00Cheers Josh but I think I'm going to sit this ...Cheers Josh but I think I'm going to sit this one out : )<br /><br />The risk and the quality of the sighting don't compute for me, ultimately, especially as I'll be doing a ton of birding with this upcoming weekend. Maybe if it were a bigger, cooler bird like a Garganey I'd make the chase!Laurence Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14766876797454283812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post-35801411396426426072014-05-08T22:33:14.424-07:002014-05-08T22:33:14.424-07:00Just this evening I went back into a decrepit alle...Just this evening I went back into a decrepit alley where I paid a man in a trench coat $50 to show me an alternate plumage Red Phalarope...<br /><br />I know it's wrong...but I also know I'll be back tomorrow and need to see two. Laurence Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14766876797454283812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post-12528488304548294402014-05-08T20:18:38.660-07:002014-05-08T20:18:38.660-07:00Oh man. Rewind two weeks and shift the time frame ...Oh man. Rewind two weeks and shift the time frame back a couple hours and this was totally me, except I ditched my teaching job and went out and got that Eurasian Wigeon. Substitute teachers - ever heard of them? Don't worry about teaching responsibility or lack thereof - kids these days need to witness passion.<br /><br />There better not be any more vagrants popping up around me. Then we'd be fighting the war on two fronts as the warblers are blitzing all over right now. Plus I'm out of comp time.<br /><br />Drive safe in the morning.Josh Wallestadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12547530391406974019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post-57233620847926767412014-05-08T18:32:28.668-07:002014-05-08T18:32:28.668-07:00Nice post Laurence. I know these experiences and t...Nice post Laurence. I know these experiences and thought processes all too well. And that means only one thing...you are truly a depraved junkie. Of birds.Seagull Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851438505719552645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post-42907580365426256782014-05-08T16:55:08.621-07:002014-05-08T16:55:08.621-07:00TBD!
This was live updating almost. We'll see ...TBD!<br />This was live updating almost. We'll see the reports this evening.<br />Still contemplating that early Friday drive...Laurence Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14766876797454283812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post-88994002688849666832014-05-08T16:50:47.694-07:002014-05-08T16:50:47.694-07:00And?? How does the story end??And?? How does the story end??Jen Sanfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08932953314258705622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post-28133970728682334872014-05-08T12:03:20.916-07:002014-05-08T12:03:20.916-07:00Oh that Wood Rail...at least it was too far for me...Oh that Wood Rail...at least it was too far for me to even consider as a possibility. This is just within the limits of being a tease.<br /><br />Maybe a freak tornado will blow it farther south for us.Laurence Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14766876797454283812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791077723521794200.post-2531553393404495572014-05-08T11:29:58.488-07:002014-05-08T11:29:58.488-07:00Dear Laurence Butler,
Yes. My same sentiments! ...Dear Laurence Butler, <br /><br />Yes. My same sentiments! Grrrrrrr! But instead of 2 hrs and 45....try 4 and half hours! I have a job. My friend needs my support because they lost a loved one. I get out of work and by the time I get there....the sun is already gone:( It's Wood-rail all over again!:) Good luck!Rohrerbothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02136631378931478644noreply@blogger.com