#including fucking IDing a hawk beyond its calls once i can NEVER get a good enough look at the TONS of hawks nearby

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I'm shit at it and only starting off but birding? Phenomenonal. It makes every outing more magical than it was before (because I already do whatever the bug version of birding is) and I need to get more into herping too, instead of just IDing the herps that happen to cross my path, and I intend to do just that soon (plus good for the bugs and bird hunting also!)

#gonna see if i can spy a rattlesnake or ANY snake soon since i know where there is some in good quantity and density #and ive got local birding lists #bugs. they just occur wherever so i just keep an eye out while snooping #osprey and caracara are on my list #and so is every raptor #including fucking IDing a hawk beyond its calls once i can NEVER get a good enough look at the TONS of hawks nearby #im always in the damn car when i see the things and theyre just FOOSH gone #i know theres red shouldered and red tailed hawks near the house however #i HEAR THEM #Noisy #also black widow one i wanna find #BUT ESPECIALLY FOCUSED ON CENTIPEDES THATS MY THING #and wasps bc :-) likey them. #basically the theme is can it harm me? cool i love it #dont worry abt the rattlers though im gonna be good n safe. ill bring bite resistant boots tm but also im not gonna be getting close anyways #just in case! there is also cottonmouths which are more of a concern but thats. theyre everywhere #im not more in danger at the state park I'll be visiting than the normal ass waterside park i frequent so. yknow #but still. got my good boots bc we aint stupid #i dont actually think ill see a rattler tbh. because i do not intend to stray off the path much if at all. #its mostly hoping ill spot one a few feet off #but like i said! #they're spotted frequently (and no one seems to get bit. but its hard to get bit by a rattler period #theyre quite polite. #maybe I'll find a bone while im out there #i like to collect them #if the park is okay with it which the one ive visited in the past was #if not maybe they can keep it and use it for educational stuff idk #ill ask before entering so i dont even move the bone if its a nono #which FAIR if they dont the other rangers admittedly i had befriended and shown off too so #they know my Brains wrt the law of collection and my ability to ID bones so they trusted me not to do stupid shit