> I find it interesting that we humans, being the visual creatures
> we are, often feel we must *see* a bird to have experienced it. Just
> hearing it isn't as satisfying somehow. Are any of you good enough at
> birding-by-ear to feel completely happy only hearing one?

Since I have terrible eyesight, I do almost all birding by ear. If
I can't hear it, it ain't there. (Except for nice, big ducks and geeese.)

Kelly Cassidy