Talk:Birdwatching

Picture location and Tom Gullick

Isn't the pictured Bay of Liminka tower that of Virkkula, Liminka? This just for the sake of location accuracy. Also, Tom Gullick of the UK (resides in Spain) would probably deserve a mention on the "Famous birders and ornithologists" section, as the current world life list recordholder with 8,663 species as of March 3, 2007. He broke Phoebe Snetsinger's record sometime in 2006. --Anshelm '77 18:26, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

I don't know about the picture, that is just what the picture uploader said. If you are confident you are right, feel free to change it. I added Tom Gullick to the list though; thanks for the mention. -- Basar (talk · contribs) 19:04, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

The history of birding

This section greatly needs a fleshing-out, and preferably without the kind of stomach-turningly spotting-scope weenie slant that characterized the "OMG UR A BIRDWATCHER???" garbage section I was just now forced to execrate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.200.79.237 (talk) 12:25, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Automatic Birding; Appropriate addition to the article?

Hi, I'm a researcher at UC Berkeley and we have released a project that allows people to birdwatch across the internet using robot cameras in the Welder Wildlife Conservatory. This is a novel approach to birdwatching which has been documented by academic papers and secondary sources. Here are relevant sources:

http://ieor.berkeley.edu/~goldberg/pubs/dez-cone-ar-paper.pdf http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=bird-nerds

Would this be appropriate to add to this article? Should I add it, or leave this to someone not affiliated with the lab? --128.32.192.90 (talk) 22:46, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Definitely can be included, such ideas should go under the umbrella term "armchair birding" (disparagingly but usually attributed to oneself!). But there is also a scientific detection technique now being talked about, using remote cellphones in the forest and now robot birders looking out for the ivory-bill. Shyamal (talk) 07:57, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

"Birdwatching"

The title of this article is "Birdwatching" implying this is the consensus title of this activity. I have made some changes to wording throughout for consistency. Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 16:48, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

More birdwatching sites

Not sure whether the present selection of external links is representative. I'd like to add a few: Birdwatching at http://www.birdwatching.com/ and Birdwatch at http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/ and BirdWatchIreland http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/ Ornithologician (talk) 17:31, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

According to WP:EL links should have substantial information on the subject of the page- in this case about "birdwatching", most of the links for birdwatchers that are on the list are close to the borderline and may be removed at anytime by editors going by the book (of WP rules) - links to local birding groups do not add knowledge about the subject of "birdwatching" but are for birdwatchers. There are probably hundreds of links for numerous countries if birdwatching related web-pages are to be listed. Shyamal (talk) 03:27, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Well, ok, I see your point, but then most of the other external links should also get deleted - wouldn't you agree? Ornithologician (talk) 17:27, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Move

I would suggest that this page be moved to "Birding".

Not very helpful as by moving it to Birdwatching it is different to all the other pages. See 2011 in birding and ornithology. And consequently means I cannot enter 2010 details! Jowaninpensans (talk) 19:13, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

I did a quick check through a few online dictionaries: some did not have birding and others said "see birdwatching". I think birding is a slang term used principally amongst birdwatchers. --Chuunen Baka (talk • contribs) 08:10, 22 August 2011 (UTC)