By Mike and Susan Nunnery
Image yourself lying in your bed. The early morning sunshine is just peeking through your window. Together with the sun, you listen to the melodious songs of wild birds chirping their particular "good morning" to each other --- and to you! Have you ever considered exactly what those birds looked like? Why they are usually near enough for you to listen to? What fascinating personality they possess regarding all of them?
Bird watching is a activity that has been around for a long time. In fact, currently, bird watching is the second fastest growing hobby in America, beaten out only by gardening. A whole new language has come about along with it. People in the know also refer to bird watching basically as "birding" and the people who do it as "birders".
Men and women of all ages take pleasure in looking for the wild birds of their region, observing them in their natural habitat, and enjoying the songs they have to offer. Wild birds can be fascinating. A lot can be learned from exactly where they roost, how they fly, along with what singing patterns that they sing. Bird watching can be done just about anywhere. You can find all kinds of species in your local park, any forest, and even in your own backyard!
No one knows the sights and sounds of nature quite like a bird watcher. Simply by taking a half-second look at a small darting assemblage of black, yellow, and white feathers and adding a musical note that sounds something like "chirp", a birder can tell you, not only the general species of that bird, but he or she can narrow it down to the exact bird.
To identify among the 900+ species of birds identified in the U.S., bird watchers must quickly process a great deal of details on color patterns, song patterns, and even the shape of bills. They have to know what to key in on when they discover a unusual bird, noting its overall shape, how it moves through a bush or tree, as well as the shape of its wings. Such sensory work-outs help to develop great visual and hearing skill among birders. In fact, birders are generally much more observant than the average person.
To the beginning bird watcher, this might seem like an incredible task that they may never be able to achieve. Trying to identify even common species can be very frustrating, and many people today give up before they ever actually begin. I can only hope this article will perk your interest in wild bird watching and I hope in our future articles you will learn many things that the beginning or novice bird watcher will enjoy for years to come.
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Hope to see you Later Mike and Susan
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