Citizen science is a fun hobby -- for me. I like to record my birding observations so I can look at things like spring migration dates and how they vary from year to year. A flock of Brown-headed Cowbirds visited my feeder today. Sean Artman Andover, Ohio On 1/19/10, Renee Tressler <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Yes, data collection is important. > > That said, some of us - myself specifically - are birders for a hobby. > > Making it a "job" would ruin the fun - for me. > > Currently am at an appointment in Cleveland, and a pair of peregrine falcons just soared over the corner of Euclid and E 105th street. > > > Renee ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]