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28-06-2009, 07:26 PM
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What does LIFER mean in birdwatching terms? |
28-06-2009, 07:31 PM
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The Birdman of Alcatraz 
Sorry 'bout that...afraid I don't know. |
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Originally Posted by carthorse11  What does LIFER mean in birdwatching terms? | A birder has seen a species of bird he or she has never seen before in their life. Well that's what I always asumed it meant anyway. |
28-06-2009, 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Ollie A birder has seen a species of bird he or she has never seen before in their life. Well that's what I always asumed it meant anyway. | A bird one has never ever seen before |
28-06-2009, 08:01 PM
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I think that a lifer is a rarer species of bird that serious twitchers are required to "tick" only once in a lifetime, as opposed to the more common birds that they are required to tick annually.
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28-06-2009, 08:19 PM
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I always thought it was just a species you had never seen before - I'd never heard larachmor's suggestion before, it would make sense. |
28-06-2009, 08:36 PM
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I'll go with the majority. Always believed it's a bird that you've never seen before ie it's the first time in your life you've ever seen one. |
28-06-2009, 10:00 PM
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28-06-2009, 10:50 PM
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A 'lifer' is what some twitchers should be....... 
Especially when you're watching an avocet's or grebe's beautiful courtship display and Mr Twitcher turns up like Mr Big and retorts to your reply to his question -
-'No........ I mean is there anything about worth seeing ??'............
Or when they trample you underfoot and literally elbow you out of the way (and I'm only little) because you've spotted the firecrest they've all come for.
Grrrr
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