Bird Watching

[Nebulous]

As a hobby,

Do you enjoy bird watching?

How many specieshave you seen? (if you had to guess)

What is your favorite bird to watch?

 

[freakofnature]

I love bird watching! And (trying to) photograph them.

I honestly don't know how many species I've seen. Lots.

I grew up with a purple martin house in my backyard so they're one of my favourite birds. I also like brightly coloured birds like blue jays and cardinals. The goldfinch is my nemesis because I can't seem to get even a decent photograph of one and that aggravates me.

 

[passenger]

I do enjoy birdwatching, or did when we lived in the stix & there were lots of different kinds of birds that would show up regularly there.
Now, in town, I only see occasionally a few quail, crows and sparrows. We put up a Kestrel house when we first got here and some House Wren houses, but no one has moved in yet.
So now most of my birdwatching has been on the "net". Most recently, there are some pretty cool Osprey nest live-cams in Montana that I've been addicted to. Really fascinating raptors!
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[cowcatcher]

On-and-off on bird watching. I've seen over 400 species. Favorite I think is the screech owl.

 

[Uncrowned]

I always felt like it would be a hobby I would enjoy. Sadly, I have never had time to invest in it. So maybe one day.

 

[Mendalla]

I don't do it formally, but now that I have a tree outside the window of my home office, I find myself doing it. There's a flock of small songbirds in that tree right now and I am curious about what they are up to.

Of course, the fact that we are now fairly certain they are a surviving branch of the theropod dinosaurs certainly upped my interest over the years. The dino-obsessed kid in me loves the idea that I am watching actual dinosaurs out my window.

 

[tea4me]

I live in the woods, so there are plenty of birds to see. Hawks, owls, eagles, woodpeckers, flickers, robins, crows, ravens, osprey, hummingbirds, chickadees, towhees, juncos, finches, to name a few. I know there are tons more.

The Merlin app is really cool - if you can go download that to your smartphone, it will help you recognize birds in your area. You can even turn on the sound recorder in the app when a bird is singing, and the app will help identify it.