This is Bird Note.

In birding lingo, a lifer or life bird is any species you see or hear for the first time.

Birders get very excited about lifers.

Some even mark the occasion with a special dessert called lifer pie.

The tradition started at a birding festival in northwest Ohio, called the Biggest Week in American Birding, where attendees celebrate new lifebirds at the local tavern over a slice of homemade pie.

Any flavor will do. Life or pie is more about the feeling than the filling, making it easy for anyone to join in.

For example, if it's your first time hearing a northern yellow warbler saying, sweet, sweet, sweet, I'm so sweet.

You definitely deserve a sweet treat. But if you'd prefer something savory, no problem.

Grab a piece of pizza pie.

There's no wrong way to celebrate birds.

Because let's be honest, birding isn't always a piece of cake.

But lifers are always worth a slice of pie.

For bird note, I'm Ariana Rimmel.

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