Loved this show and was delighted to read a birder's take on it as someone who has Merlin but can't really point out that many birds in real life beyond Robins (which I honestly love) and BlueJays because YIKES are they loud. Thanks for sharing!
I've been waiting until got to The Residence to read this! I love love love a good goofy murder mystery (Clue 1985 my beloved), AND I love that Aaron Sorkin/His Girl Friday 1.5x witty dialogue AND I love a good Rashomon trope AND I love a good autistic and/or aspec coded detective. Needless to say I enjoyed The Residence. You and this article were definitely in the back of my mind. How fun to get to hear the hits and misses from a birder. I'm glad to hear there were some fun nods and accurate bits. (My TV pet peeve is bonsai trees, btw. The little black scissors are not for giving junipers a haircut!) Glad you enjoyed the show, and belatedly glad you weren't hit too badly by the storm.
<3 to all of this!!! (My middle school friend group watched Clue so many times!) Please tell me more about bonsai trees! What are the scissors for? How does one correctly bonsai??
The devastation at Frick Park is actually insane. But that exact spot you photographed was popping when I was there; the chorus was so loud it was tough to distinguish species! If there’s any bright side to this, I think the warblers enjoyed the new “edge,” lol.
Ahhh I’m so sad your spring migration has been so rough. It feels like everything is stacked against you right now. The wonderful thing about birds, though, is they come back. You’re gonna have a great fall, I can feel it!
I’ve been recommended The Residence by multiple people, but I don’t have Netflix lol. Still, I appreciate that they consulted with Kauffman. Some errors in other shows are just so ridiculous. But in some ways, that makes these errors worse?? Like, thank you for trying, but how did you overlook this? Like loll I would love it if you could actually go birding at night. They should’ve made her an NFC pro just calling out what she hears. Also, I’m dying at the image of her scanning the horizon for sandpipers, lol. Love that they care about accurate calls though, that is so rare. And the antpitta showing up as soon as she leaves is way too real. I imagine this happens every time I give up on a bird!
You're totally right that birders not all that observant. I've seen birders miss their name being said over and over because they were too focused on a bird, lol.
You have a great perspective on just appreciating that we get to enjoy birds. Like, how incredibly fortunate are we to be able to step outside, anywhere, and be surrounded by little creatures that bring us joy??
It was so fun birding with you at Frick this week! Thanks for reading and for all your comments & positivity! I'm glad you also lol'ed at the idea of someone scanning the horizon for sandpipers :D Looking forward to more birding to come!
Loved this show and was delighted to read a birder's take on it as someone who has Merlin but can't really point out that many birds in real life beyond Robins (which I honestly love) and BlueJays because YIKES are they loud. Thanks for sharing!
💗 Robins are Michael’s favorite bird!
I've been waiting until got to The Residence to read this! I love love love a good goofy murder mystery (Clue 1985 my beloved), AND I love that Aaron Sorkin/His Girl Friday 1.5x witty dialogue AND I love a good Rashomon trope AND I love a good autistic and/or aspec coded detective. Needless to say I enjoyed The Residence. You and this article were definitely in the back of my mind. How fun to get to hear the hits and misses from a birder. I'm glad to hear there were some fun nods and accurate bits. (My TV pet peeve is bonsai trees, btw. The little black scissors are not for giving junipers a haircut!) Glad you enjoyed the show, and belatedly glad you weren't hit too badly by the storm.
<3 to all of this!!! (My middle school friend group watched Clue so many times!) Please tell me more about bonsai trees! What are the scissors for? How does one correctly bonsai??
The devastation at Frick Park is actually insane. But that exact spot you photographed was popping when I was there; the chorus was so loud it was tough to distinguish species! If there’s any bright side to this, I think the warblers enjoyed the new “edge,” lol.
Ahhh I’m so sad your spring migration has been so rough. It feels like everything is stacked against you right now. The wonderful thing about birds, though, is they come back. You’re gonna have a great fall, I can feel it!
I’ve been recommended The Residence by multiple people, but I don’t have Netflix lol. Still, I appreciate that they consulted with Kauffman. Some errors in other shows are just so ridiculous. But in some ways, that makes these errors worse?? Like, thank you for trying, but how did you overlook this? Like loll I would love it if you could actually go birding at night. They should’ve made her an NFC pro just calling out what she hears. Also, I’m dying at the image of her scanning the horizon for sandpipers, lol. Love that they care about accurate calls though, that is so rare. And the antpitta showing up as soon as she leaves is way too real. I imagine this happens every time I give up on a bird!
You're totally right that birders not all that observant. I've seen birders miss their name being said over and over because they were too focused on a bird, lol.
You have a great perspective on just appreciating that we get to enjoy birds. Like, how incredibly fortunate are we to be able to step outside, anywhere, and be surrounded by little creatures that bring us joy??
It was so fun birding with you at Frick this week! Thanks for reading and for all your comments & positivity! I'm glad you also lol'ed at the idea of someone scanning the horizon for sandpipers :D Looking forward to more birding to come!
It really was such a great time! I enjoyed reading it :) Looking forward to birding together again too!
Not one hour ago I was sitting on the front porch working and commenting to myself how lucky I am to be observing Chimney Swifts.
I never knew this show existed! What a bad birder. Can’t wait to watch it.
Absolutely same re: remembering faces. I can’t. Ever. Or names.
You must watch!