Birds are interesting and beautiful creatures that all over the world. There are thousand of people whose hobby is watching them. Some of them form societies and others enjoy watching birds just to see how they live and discover unusual kinds of birds that are seldom seen.
The boservation of live birds in their natural habitat, a popular pastime and a scientific sport that developed almost entirely in the 20th century. In this period we can make many members by giving the important of birds by advertising, by giving program of birds in television and we can easily watch birds without harming them by the help of binoculars . In the 19th century, almost all students of bird used guns and could identify unfamiliar species only which its corpse was in their hands. A great surge of interest in wild birds occurred from about the 1880s on ward.
Bird watching is a hobby that combines the joy of discovery, scientific and curiosity and esthetic appreciation. The sweetness of birds song, the beauty of their forms and coloring, the vivacity of their movements and the buoyancy of their flight attract every people of the world and everyone enjoys birds. Observation by people who habitually watch birds even merely for pleasure, are often of great value to the scientist trying to unravel some particular phase of bird life. Interest in bird books, journals and magazines. They have also contributed to the growth of interest on birds as have the broadcasting media.
One of the great appeals as bird watching is that it is a relatively inexpensive activity. Thus, it is very popular amongst diverse people. It is revolving around the following questions since the 19th century.
-How does the bird live and behave?
-In what way is it influenced itself to its habitat?
-How is it influenced by or is influenced its environment?
It is best to go bird watching alone to avoid frightening the birds. It is best also to wear dull colored clothing and to move very slowly and cautiously. A bird watcher should have binoculars so that he can see the birds clearly without being so close that he might frighten them away.
Many books are available that describes birds often with pictures in coloured tell what the habitat of differents birds are. The bird watcher greatest thrill comes from seeing a bird that rarely occurs in his locality or in the season in which he sees it.
Importance of Bird Watching
There is a tremendous amount to find out about birds; in fact you could watch one kind of bird all your life and still not learn everything about it. For that matter, you could watch one pair of birds all through the nesting seasons, and learn a lot about their habits that no one else has discovered. Oddly enough, some of the commonest birds are those we know least about.
People have found out a lot about how a bird behaves at the nest, when it is sitting on its eggs or brooding its nestling. But we do not know much about what a bird does when it is away from the nest or during a winters day. It is difficult to follow one Particular bird, but it is fairly easy to keep in touch with a flock of birds.
We know that a bird spends a good deal of its time in feeding or searching for food, but we are not so certain about what food is eaten by different kinds of birds. This is problem that most farmers would like to solve. For if there were no birds, then in a few weeks the insects they feed on would have eaten up green things on the Earth. However, there are some birds which eat large quantities of grains or seedlings as well as insects. The questions is, do this birds which eat up for it by also eating plenty of the insects and grubs which harm the farmers crops?
As well as findings out what bird does, a birdwatcher usually wants to know where it lives. When you go away for holidays you may find the birds you know at home living in quite different surroundings. You may discover, for example; that pine forest have a very differeny wild life from broad-leaved woodland.
Wetland birds are always intersting to watch, these include wading birds that are common around wetlands, rivers, ponds, lakes and on sandy shores. They often feed in small groups, picking at weeds around the banks and in the sand. Many different kinds of birds nest in marshes and swamps; they include herons, bitterns, and rails.
Wetlands are good places to lookout for birds during their spring and autumn migration and birds during their spring and autumn migration and bird watching is important sport which has special contribution on eco-tourism because bird attracts tourists from all over the world.
Techniques of bird watching.
1. To watch birds you need a sharp eye and a keen ear. That is all you really need to begin with but you will probably find it also helps to carry a small notebook in your pocket. Then you can make a note with the date of any bird or think which interests you. The notes you make while you are out bird-watching are called field notes. It is also a good idea to keep a larger notebook at home and copy out these field notes properly, so that you have a permanent record
2. Begining of this bird watching is simple. Use a bird identification book and find out the names of your garden birds. Try to discover which are males and which are females and watch how different birds behave.
3. Before long, by using your bird book and if possible with the help of some one who knows alot about birds, you will get to know all the most common birds. Then you will want to find new kinds, or species of birds. To do this you must explore farther a field in woods, on hills, marshes, reservoirs, and the rivers.
4. In the wildness you may find it difficult to get close to the birds you are watching. So if you can you should bring them "closer"to you by looking at them through binoculars.
5. If you use a good pair of 24mm.x 6 or 32mm.x 8 prismatic glasses (these figures measures their power) you will find yourself entering an exciting new world in which the most distant bird is brought close to you. Also, glasses like this will show up every detail of a birds plumage, even in the dim light of a wood or the inside of a bush.
6. To identify a bird a good ear is just as important as a keen eye. This is becaude there are many birds, like some of the warblers, which look so much alike that even an experienced naturalist can only tell them apart by measuring their wings, beak and legs. However, no two species of bird have exactly the same call note or song, and before you can call yourself a really good naturalist, you should be able to distinguish blindfold all the notes and songs of the most common birds. So long as you have fairly good ear and a good memory this is not so difficult as you might think.
7. Many bird watchers setup feeding stations to attract birds. If you do not have a tree with holes in it, you can always add to bird-nesting sites by building or buying a bird box. Make sure that they have different sized holes to attract various species.
8. The list of bird observations compiled by members of local birdwatching societies and other naturalist are very usefull to the new birdwatchers in identification of the birds and to the scientists in determining, dispersal, habitat and migration patterns of the various species of the birds.
Time of bird watching:
Birds are on the move all day long. Their activity is greates in the early mornings. Therefore, early rising is a most important pre-requisite for successful bird watching. Most song the birds are most vocal is also heard during the early morning hours. Discovery the identifyof a songster often entails patient watching and the chances of tracking him down are naturally gratest in the early morning when the birds are most vocal.
The boservation of live birds in their natural habitat, a popular pastime and a scientific sport that developed almost entirely in the 20th century. In this period we can make many members by giving the important of birds by advertising, by giving program of birds in television and we can easily watch birds without harming them by the help of binoculars . In the 19th century, almost all students of bird used guns and could identify unfamiliar species only which its corpse was in their hands. A great surge of interest in wild birds occurred from about the 1880s on ward.
Bird watching is a hobby that combines the joy of discovery, scientific and curiosity and esthetic appreciation. The sweetness of birds song, the beauty of their forms and coloring, the vivacity of their movements and the buoyancy of their flight attract every people of the world and everyone enjoys birds. Observation by people who habitually watch birds even merely for pleasure, are often of great value to the scientist trying to unravel some particular phase of bird life. Interest in bird books, journals and magazines. They have also contributed to the growth of interest on birds as have the broadcasting media.
One of the great appeals as bird watching is that it is a relatively inexpensive activity. Thus, it is very popular amongst diverse people. It is revolving around the following questions since the 19th century.
-How does the bird live and behave?
-In what way is it influenced itself to its habitat?
-How is it influenced by or is influenced its environment?
It is best to go bird watching alone to avoid frightening the birds. It is best also to wear dull colored clothing and to move very slowly and cautiously. A bird watcher should have binoculars so that he can see the birds clearly without being so close that he might frighten them away.
Many books are available that describes birds often with pictures in coloured tell what the habitat of differents birds are. The bird watcher greatest thrill comes from seeing a bird that rarely occurs in his locality or in the season in which he sees it.
Importance of Bird Watching
There is a tremendous amount to find out about birds; in fact you could watch one kind of bird all your life and still not learn everything about it. For that matter, you could watch one pair of birds all through the nesting seasons, and learn a lot about their habits that no one else has discovered. Oddly enough, some of the commonest birds are those we know least about.
People have found out a lot about how a bird behaves at the nest, when it is sitting on its eggs or brooding its nestling. But we do not know much about what a bird does when it is away from the nest or during a winters day. It is difficult to follow one Particular bird, but it is fairly easy to keep in touch with a flock of birds.
We know that a bird spends a good deal of its time in feeding or searching for food, but we are not so certain about what food is eaten by different kinds of birds. This is problem that most farmers would like to solve. For if there were no birds, then in a few weeks the insects they feed on would have eaten up green things on the Earth. However, there are some birds which eat large quantities of grains or seedlings as well as insects. The questions is, do this birds which eat up for it by also eating plenty of the insects and grubs which harm the farmers crops?
As well as findings out what bird does, a birdwatcher usually wants to know where it lives. When you go away for holidays you may find the birds you know at home living in quite different surroundings. You may discover, for example; that pine forest have a very differeny wild life from broad-leaved woodland.
Wetland birds are always intersting to watch, these include wading birds that are common around wetlands, rivers, ponds, lakes and on sandy shores. They often feed in small groups, picking at weeds around the banks and in the sand. Many different kinds of birds nest in marshes and swamps; they include herons, bitterns, and rails.
Wetlands are good places to lookout for birds during their spring and autumn migration and birds during their spring and autumn migration and bird watching is important sport which has special contribution on eco-tourism because bird attracts tourists from all over the world.
Techniques of bird watching.
1. To watch birds you need a sharp eye and a keen ear. That is all you really need to begin with but you will probably find it also helps to carry a small notebook in your pocket. Then you can make a note with the date of any bird or think which interests you. The notes you make while you are out bird-watching are called field notes. It is also a good idea to keep a larger notebook at home and copy out these field notes properly, so that you have a permanent record
2. Begining of this bird watching is simple. Use a bird identification book and find out the names of your garden birds. Try to discover which are males and which are females and watch how different birds behave.
3. Before long, by using your bird book and if possible with the help of some one who knows alot about birds, you will get to know all the most common birds. Then you will want to find new kinds, or species of birds. To do this you must explore farther a field in woods, on hills, marshes, reservoirs, and the rivers.
4. In the wildness you may find it difficult to get close to the birds you are watching. So if you can you should bring them "closer"to you by looking at them through binoculars.
5. If you use a good pair of 24mm.x 6 or 32mm.x 8 prismatic glasses (these figures measures their power) you will find yourself entering an exciting new world in which the most distant bird is brought close to you. Also, glasses like this will show up every detail of a birds plumage, even in the dim light of a wood or the inside of a bush.
6. To identify a bird a good ear is just as important as a keen eye. This is becaude there are many birds, like some of the warblers, which look so much alike that even an experienced naturalist can only tell them apart by measuring their wings, beak and legs. However, no two species of bird have exactly the same call note or song, and before you can call yourself a really good naturalist, you should be able to distinguish blindfold all the notes and songs of the most common birds. So long as you have fairly good ear and a good memory this is not so difficult as you might think.
7. Many bird watchers setup feeding stations to attract birds. If you do not have a tree with holes in it, you can always add to bird-nesting sites by building or buying a bird box. Make sure that they have different sized holes to attract various species.
8. The list of bird observations compiled by members of local birdwatching societies and other naturalist are very usefull to the new birdwatchers in identification of the birds and to the scientists in determining, dispersal, habitat and migration patterns of the various species of the birds.
Time of bird watching:
Birds are on the move all day long. Their activity is greates in the early mornings. Therefore, early rising is a most important pre-requisite for successful bird watching. Most song the birds are most vocal is also heard during the early morning hours. Discovery the identifyof a songster often entails patient watching and the chances of tracking him down are naturally gratest in the early morning when the birds are most vocal.
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