One of the more pleasant aspects of birding and bird watching is social. If you like to watch and identify birds, you are not alone. The oft quoted 2001 survey by the Fish and Wildlife Service put the number of birders in the US at 51.3 million. That's an impressive number of birders and bird watchers, regardless of how you calculate the numbers or interpret the results. Why is birding and bird watching so popular? I like to think I've done a pretty good job of listing the reasons in my article at 10
Reasons to Start Birdwatching Today. Take a minute to read this and you will begin to see why birding and bird watching are so popular. In truth, if you have any interest in birds for any reason, there is no reason not to start birding or bird watching, right now.
Have you checked Cornell Lab of Ornithology's great site on birding and bird watching? It's called
All About Birds and it contains some great information on bird watching as well as an excllent online bird field guide. OpticsPlanet is a proud sponsor of this great resource.