Hello #birdingscotland I am currently working on a wee project named "Alternative Scottish Ornithology" (see sample images) I was wondering where the best place is to download a definitive list of Scottish birds for reference/ideas etc. Any input will add to my knowledge - ThreadSky

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mikemcmonagle.com • 343 days ago

Hello #birdingscotland I am currently working on a wee project named "Alternative Scottish Ornithology" (see sample images) I was wondering where the best place is to download a definitive list of Scottish birds for reference/ideas etc. Any input will add to my knowledge

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davidpetraitis.bsky.social•342 days ago

Love it!

mikemcmonagle.com•342 days ago

Thanks. All love, praise and appreciation will be stored in my fuel tank.

stevedudley.bsky.social•343 days ago

@scottishbirding.bsky.social maintain the Scottish bird list. See https://www.the-soc.org.uk/pages/the-scottish-list

mikemcmonagle.com•343 days ago

I looked at that site and managed to miss that page - thanks - greatly appreciated. Now for 12 birds and 12 quirky drawings!

stevedudley.bsky.social•342 days ago

Can I ask why it's called Alternative Scottish Ornithology rather than Alternative Scottish Birding? I don't see the link to science.

mikemcmonagle.com•341 days ago

Ornithology is a branch of zoology concerning study of birds. Birding is observing wild birds in their natural environment. This project is a tongue in cheek illustrated play on words. Therefore neither description would be factually correct but it's humour where the former suits the final product.

stevedudley.bsky.social•341 days ago

I know what ornithology is having worked in it all my career. I just don't see how this is ornithology. Birding, birdwatching, perhaps, although what I see is humour based on the depiction of birds, not the activity of birding. But it has no relation to the scientific study of birds. IMO.

mikemcmonagle.com•341 days ago

I never doubted your credentials. I merely stressed why neither is literally accurate. Monty Python's Flying Circus neither flew nor was it a circus, just as no saddles were burned in Blazing Saddles. It's humour.

morninghasbroken.bsky.social•171 days ago

I always gotta choose the pipes

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