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About Birding
Birding Skills Starting Out? F.A.Q.
What is the appeal of Birdwatching ?
Birdwatching is a leisurely and relaxing hobby which fulfils our natural curiosity and desire to learn as well as meeting the need to challenge oneself. While people watch birds for many different reasons some of the attractions of birdwatching are as follows: - Birdwatching takes you to great places! Once birding becomes more serious it can involve a great deal of travelling and is an excellent excuse to see new parts of the planet. Many of the best places for birds are also scenically attractive and exciting to visit.
- Birding is a challenge. The key challenge is to identify the birds you see, and to find and identify particular birds you want to see. Birding grows from being an interest to being a skill. The skill of finding and identifying birds involves knowledge about the habitat, habits, plumage and shape of a bird. The more one gets to know about birds, the greater the degree to which one can judge size and shape from a distance, or pick up a fast moving bird quickly and notice the key features which tell you with certainty, what kind of Sparrowhawk it is.
- Birding is sociable. Contrary to some of the stereotypes about birders, most birders are highly sociable and spend a great deal of time discussing birding with other birders.
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