"So what's more important: spending six hours of a nice day in a car so you can pull up in somebody's driveway, spot a Calliope Hummingbird at a feeder, and add a dot next to a name on your birding software, or learning the birds in your own area, noting their migration dates and population trends, and documenting habitat changes—especially if you share your information on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's eBird program?"
Link: Full article at Living Bird
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