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r/birdcharger•
PBborn

Releasing at nests without claiming it first is possible. Anyone else try this?

So I don't know if you'll get an error upon photo confirmation if you do this today, but it usually works for me if I want to drop a bird at a small nest without giving up a bigger nest I have claimed.

So it works like this. Walk over to the nest with a bird and once your gps catches up and you're in the right position click on the nest but instead of selecting claim, just hit release. Everything from there works like normal, and your next nest that's already claimed should still be reserved and function normally.
I use this when I have just released at a decent sized nest with a 1 or 2 bird nest across the street so that I can claim a large nest quickly after my last one.
It can backfire if someone claims it though, so one bird at a time is best.

Posted May 17, 2019, 2:55 PM UTC

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ARL613Arlington, VA•

There's nothing magical about this. You never need to reserve a nest to release birds into them. You can always have a nest reserved, while you release some birds at another unreserved nest.

Like you mentioned, this can be risky as you unload your birds at the unreserved nest, it can disappear off the map and then you're packing up your shit again.

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PBbornOP•

I never said it was rocket surgery or anything. But it is a little bit slight of hand.

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ARL613Arlington, VA•

There's no slight of hand! You've never needed to reserve a nest! You can go around town all day long and just hit each nest's More Details-->Scan to Release, and you're done.

Obviously, this isn't smart, especially in the morning when other folks are likely going to reserve all the nests around.

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PBbornOP•

Lol, good day sir.

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xDR_JON3Sx⚡ Charger•

It's always been like this, but like u/ARL613 said, this can often be a pain in the ass, I've unloaded 2 only to get to the picture and someone snagged them. Its a pain in the ass, its not as worth it anymore to do this i find. IMO

BACK IN MY DAY! (totally making a joke) about a year ago, i remember when nests were about 4's & 5's max. I used to be able to do a loop around my block, and nest everything, i would reserve one nest, and drop off at the other one on my way. I could drop at at least 2 or 3 nests without reserving them, and someone snagging them was super rare. That was before the goldrush of bird chargers, so there werent as many folks competing for nests.

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ARL613Arlington, VA•

LOL, back in my day...

Yeah, the good ole days of mid-2018, where you didn't need to worry too much about finding nests because everyone was hoarding a dozen or so scoots in their garage!!! No rush to return those fockers, gotta wait till she's fully cooked to $20!

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xDR_JON3Sx⚡ Charger•

Actually at that time there were very little hoarders in my area! The hoarders really did start to fuck everything though. I often think about how I changed to Limes at 9 for $100 and then I’d pick up birds at like 1 am for $8-$12 a pop, make way more for Way less work and effort. I enjoyed finding the stragglers the most. I miss it. But still make it work for now.

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Whatmonsoon•

Every time I tried to do this I get the drop not available error.

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xDR_JON3Sx⚡ Charger•

If you try it lately, its because their shit if fucked up. However, generally if you get the error, its because someone reserved the nest out from under you, and the app hadn't caught up yet.

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eclectroSalt Lake City, UT•

Sssshhhh don't tell people!

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bumblebeetunafishpieKansas City, MO•

Lol , this is like first day info

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