| The Life of the DXer: | The Life of the Birder: | 
| "ATNO" | "Lifer" | 
| Sunrise & sunset tend to be the best times...but not always. | Sunrise & sunset tend to be the best times...but not always. | 
| How many DXCC can I work this year? | I'm doing a "Big Year" | 
| That amplifier/radio cost HOW much?? | That spotting scope/camera lens cost HOW much?? | 
| DXCluster | eBird.org hourly/daily/rare alerts via text | 
| ARRL | Cornell Lab of Ornithology | 
| QSL as absolute proof | Photograph as absolute proof | 
| Logging software | Logging software | 
| Band totals, mode totals... | County/State/Country/Continent/Lifetime totals | 
| DXpeditions | Birding Hotspots (really the reverse of a DXpedition--birders go to the rare bird) | 
| "The P5 called me out of the blue" | "A Kirtland's Warbler landed on our deck railing" | 
| SWLing doesn't count. | SWLing does count (identifying a bird by sound is accepted practice). | 
| Remote operation is controversial | Remote "encounters" are allowed, but are tracked separately from in-person. | 
| DXCC list | ABA list | 
| Countries on the DXCC list can be deleted/changed/added | Bird species on the ABA list can be as well (two species now considered the same, one species split into two, extinction...) | 
| Computer-assisted operation (e.g. FT8) has become controversial. | Computer-assisted operation is becoming controversial. Smartphone apps that identify birds both by sight and sound...does it count if your phone hears the bird but you don't hear it/see it/even know what it is? |