Know what I really like about birders? They are the most non-judgmental apolitical informational pleasant demographic. I hang out on birding trails and visit bird preserves with the highest end optics available.
They walk up with understandable preconceptions, because of the optics, inquire as to whether I’ve spotted the green breasted pink tailed twister wren(?). My response..... perhaps. I’ve no idea. Don’t care. I just enjoy on my own level. And they accept that.... fully. Now, isn’t that nice of them. Oh, and they always politely ask if they may look through my spotting scope.
And they never say anything remotely obtuse.

