BANGOR DAILY NEWS • July 13, 2023
There is no specific scale to measure bird-craziness, but there are clear signals. How far does someone go to bird? How often? How much are they willing to spend on optics? How many field guides do they own? Do they keep a life list? A life list is simply a list of birds seen in one’s lifetime. People may keep multiple lists. For instance, I keep lists of birds I’ve seen at home, in Maine, in North America and in the world. Four lists. That puts me somewhere near the crazy category. I’ll keep going on puffin trips until my North American life list is back up to 614. Or maybe that’s just borderline crazy. ~ Bob Duchesne