I’ve at all times discovered the query about which of the 2 superpowers to make a choice – so that you could fly, or to be invisible – an intriguing one. For me, it has come right down to a call between extroversion – flying – and introversion – invisibility.
How to reply to this query from a birder’s viewpoint? My droop is that almost all birders are extra at the introversion aspect of the entire spectrum, although I’m positive there are lots of exceptions to this (hi Peter!). However after all, this implies to have a look at the query from a normal, now not a birder-specific viewpoint.
One may consider that as a birder’s fascination with flight might be extra intense than that of a non-birder, flying will be the selection of maximum birders. And that might be true.
Then again, no less than for me, the actual pleasure is in looking at birds – preferably with out interfering or being spotted via them in any respect. So, for me the selection can be transparent – I might opt for invisibility. In particular if there’s an approach to make my digicam invisible, too.
What would you select?
Photograph: Pied Kingfisher, Nanhui, Shanghai, July 2020