I went birding on SNOWSHOES — here’s what happened!

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1. Notable especially because it was my very first ebird checklist (I'm new, I only started birding last year!), I wrongly identified a cape may warbler as a blackpoll warbler, and because I included a photo and it was rare for the time of year and location, I was quickly corrected by a reviewer. It was in the season of confusing fall warblers, but I expect to be confused by all the warblers even in breeding plumage as they arrive back this spring, before I have a chance to really practice IDing all the ones we get here on the east coast…

2. Strange how the your Merganser is what we call a Goosander here in the UK. We have Mergansers too. Is your camera a Nikon P950? Keep warm!

3. I've seen a golden eagle in western Nebraska when I was younger.

4. I just saw a video yesterday on distinguishing juvenile Bald Eagles from Golden Eagles, so I was able to tell what it was before you named it. I'm pretty happy about that.

5. Never been birding on snowshoes. Never been snowshoeing!! I would really like to though.

   I think my worst ID mixup was calling a Black-headed Grosbeak a Spotted Towhee

6. Bundle up burrr brother

7. I went birding on snowshoes last winter. I saw pine grosbeaks and a hairy woodpecker.
   Once, when I was newer to birding, I mistook an Eastern Kingbird for an Eastern Phoebe. Flycatchers can be tough. Just this past weekend I drove past a bird in a tree. I thought it was a Boreal Owl. When I looked closer, I realized it was actually a Ruffed Grouse.

8. Gosh it was beautiful out there!! Gorgeous scenery along your snow shoe hike! Sorry you kinda got skunked, but it wasn't a total zero. THANK GOODNESS you saved your camera! Thanks for sharing.

9. I went snowshoeing today in Boulder County, CO around 8600ft elevation. Saw a Clark's Nutcracker, Common Raven, Hairy Woodpecker, and a couple White-breasted Nuthatches. I enjoy your videos, keep it up!

10. Clay colored sparrow turned out to be a normal female house sparrow. Still haven’t found a real clay colored sparrow.

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12. Really like this here reality birding videos. Shows that not every time we go out birding it’s a huge list

13. Nice work,nice video bro,The birds so beautiful and animals,Thanks for sharing your videos to everyone see🎉

14. I've never gone snowshoeing, or even seen snowshoes I think – which is weird since I'm basically born and raised on snow 😅 Just not a big thing around here I guess. Looks like fun though!

15. The large amount of relatable moments I have from this video is insane so I'm just gonna mention that I had nearly the exact same experience leaving a valuable item on top of my car except instead of a camera it was a 12pack case of IPAs