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Bird Watching
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Nancy Hart
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I know this isn't what you typically called bird-watching, but I watch birds from my own back yard in town. Put up a feeder. Practically lived out there on the deck during the day the first year---partly to keep the squirrels away. Saw a lot of different birds that way.
There are more birds in town than out in the country here, where there are a lot of predators. Particularly black snakes. This is a bird-friendly town. Many people put up feeders. Migration season is the time to watch if you want to see a variety. They will stop by a day or two and move on. What I liked about it was you also got to know the native local birds. Some have distinct personalities. You can give them names.
I just had a decent pair of binoculars, and one app, called BirdNet, from Cornell University. It recognized them by their call. It was very accurate, imo.
There are more birds in town than out in the country here, where there are a lot of predators. Particularly black snakes. This is a bird-friendly town. Many people put up feeders. Migration season is the time to watch if you want to see a variety. They will stop by a day or two and move on. What I liked about it was you also got to know the native local birds. Some have distinct personalities. You can give them names.
I just had a decent pair of binoculars, and one app, called BirdNet, from Cornell University. It recognized them by their call. It was very accurate, imo.