I have yet to find anyone who keeps bird notes beyond a list on ebird, so I setup my notebook my own way...
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I thought about including birds I saw in zoos or rescue programs, but when I reflected on animals I have seen both caged and free I decided not too. It's really different seeing flamingos on the loose
Most of my notebooks are various grimoires so I am in the habit of dedicating them. Seemed apropos to dedicate each section of this one to a bird
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Most of my notebooks are various grimoires so I am in the habit of dedicating them. Seemed apropos to dedicate each section of this one to a bird
To make bird notes easy to look up I numbered them in the same order as the life list, but I feel no pressure to fill them all in. I don't usually reserve sections in notebooks but this seemed worth it. Most commercial/pre-printed bird journals have a reserved section for each species.
Same as the bird list, I added old memories here
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To make bird notes easy to look up I numbered them in the same order as the life list, but I feel no pressure to fill them all in. I don't usually reserve sections in notebooks but this seemed worth it. Most commercial/pre-printed bird journals have a reserved section for each species.
Same as the bird list, I added old memories here
I like including notes by bird because it gives an easy way to figure out where to find them. I organize my urban foraging notebook this way too, by plant, so I can easily figure out options for gathering public fennel or plums or whatever
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I like including notes by bird because it gives an easy way to figure out where to find them. I organize my urban foraging notebook this way too, by plant, so I can easily figure out options for gathering public fennel or plums or whatever
Video from the day of that Northern Saw-whet bird note in 2017. Little owl sleeping in the city, directly outside my third floor bedroom window. Seems like sleeping in a windy tree might feel similar to sleeping on a boat.
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I love this photo because you can see a chickadee perched above the owl, screaming, which is how I notice owls 90% of the time
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I love this photo because you can see a chickadee perched above the owl, screaming, which is how I notice owls 90% of the time
Dated notes section is the one part i did not add any retroactive info to. Just free pages to add notes from outings and classes if i want to. My goal is to include sketches even if they aren't great
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Dated notes section is the one part i did not add any retroactive info to. Just free pages to add notes from outings and classes if i want to. My goal is to include sketches even if they aren't great
Other things I might eventually add to the bird journal: a checklist organized by bird family, space for goals like learning more local bird calls, and, for real, notes on bird omens because they are so dramatic sometimes
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Most of my notebooks are various grimoires so I am in the habit of dedicating them. Seemed apropos to dedicate each section of this one to a bird
@beandreams thank you for sharing this. i also love seeing other people's journals!
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People have different rules for life lists... I have never been a serious birder but I have been a casual birder my whole life. Lot of girl guide badges and relatives who always bring binoculars. So I started my list from the beginning, from memory
Lol I just want to add that this is a photo of white paper that I took outdoors with southern exposure literally at noon. PNW winter gloom is no joke
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Lol I just want to add that this is a photo of white paper that I took outdoors with southern exposure literally at noon. PNW winter gloom is no joke
@beandreams The gloomdamp is real.
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@beandreams The gloomdamp is real.
@jmeowmeow Nice weather for vampires
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@jmeowmeow Nice weather for vampires
@beandreams Edward Sparkleden! (I have E. Snowden on my "Team Edward" shirt).
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#FountainPens peeps, these Opus notebooks are $12 canadian and have 224 pages of nice paper and a built-in pen loop. BC local business too
@beandreams ouu is there a specific name/size for this Opus (I assume the art brand) notebook? thank you for sharing your setup and how it works with inks
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@beandreams ouu is there a specific name/size for this Opus (I assume the art brand) notebook? thank you for sharing your setup and how it works with inks
@dirchansky Essential Dot Grid Notebook, only comes in blue A5 size.
https://opusartsupplies.com/products/opus-essential-dot-grid-notebook
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@dirchansky Essential Dot Grid Notebook, only comes in blue A5 size.
https://opusartsupplies.com/products/opus-essential-dot-grid-notebook
@beandreams Thank you!
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I have yet to find anyone who keeps bird notes beyond a list on ebird, so I setup my notebook my own way... Little bit log book, little bit nature journal, little bit grimoire.
Sharing because I love looking at other people's notebooks so maybe you do too
@beandreams
I have a similar bird/plant notebook.
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I have a similar bird/plant notebook.@scandigonian Birds and plants together?
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@scandigonian Birds and plants together?
@beandreams
Kind of like a calendar -- what the birds and plants (and bugs) are doing at different times of the year. -
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Kind of like a calendar -- what the birds and plants (and bugs) are doing at different times of the year.@scandigonian I love that!
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I love this photo because you can see a chickadee perched above the owl, screaming, which is how I notice owls 90% of the time
@beandreams Me too. Other birds start losing their shit and I'm all, Owl? Bobcat?
