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u/anonimulo · 2 pointsr/birding

Get yourself a field guide and browse it every time you're bored or taking a shit. My favorite is Stokes for a decent sized (portable) book, or Crossley if you don't mind lugging around a big one. These have pictures as opposed to paintings, which I think is way better. These are both assuming you're in the US. Pay attention to the ranges so you can focus on the birds that are in your area. As cool as a Vermillion Flycatcher is, you're never going to see it if you don't live near in or near Mexico or South America. Just browse through and find the cool ones, the interesting ones, etc. It'll help a ton if you've already seen the birds and their names before you run into them in the wild.

When you're in the field, either bring your book, or get the Merlin app. It's pretty great for new birders.

As far as calls go, that's not as easy. Some are, but depending on where you are, they can get difficult. The worst part is that you can't look up how a bird sounds in a book, so once you hear it, you have to try to remember it and just browse through bird calls online or in an app until you think you find it. I think it'd help to find mnemonics to remember the calls. That helped me early on. If you just hear a Black-capped Chickadee recording, it'll help, but if you also remember the call as "Cheese-bur-ger" or "Chicka-dee-dee-dee", it's gonna be a lot easier.

There are apps to practice learning calls, but I think it's better to actually hear them. And definitely don't go out thinking you're gonna be able to ID everything. It can be infuriating when you hear something that sounds familiar but you just can't put your finger on it and you can't find the call anywhere. A lot of birds make many different sounds. If you hear a short, sharp, high pitched squeak, it could be a million different things. It might not even be a bird. Sometimes you just gotta let it go.

u/Mythdefied · 2 pointsr/mildlyinteresting

Naw fam, you ain't serious about it til you hauling round the Crossley ID Guide.