What I did was I bought a bird book (Roger Troy Peterson) and binoculers and whenever I went camping I looked, and when I saw a new bird, I wrote down in the book when and where I saw it.
This is a wonderful hobby! I’ve been doing this for years and I still enjoy it! There are always new birds to encounter. I started as a young girl with the little golden book of birds. I still have my original copy and I love it. Another good book is the Audubon book. Do get binoculars - and my best advice is to be patient. You most definitely will be rewarded. A terrific magazine that you would love is “Birds and Blooms”. It has no advertisements and it is loaded with bird pictures, identifications and information. I look forward to every issue that comes.
Contact your local Audobon chapter, they usually have weekly bird walks. This will help you to get some ID tips, find good birding spots in your area, and meet other people interested in birds. It is a lot of fun. Also, many traveling opportunities as there are bird festivals in many different states. Also, if you want to do some backyard bird watching, get yourself a seed feeder and a hummingbird feeder. Happy birding.
There’s really only two things you need (besides birds), binoculars and a bird book.
Binoculars can be kind of expensive, but you’l benefit from buying the best ones you can afford.
Good bird guides include Sibley, Kaufman, and Peterson.
Then just start in your yard figuring out what birds visit your yard. Then once you’ve got the common ones down, head to a nearby park and find some more. Different habitats, different places, and different seasons will bring different birds.
get a bird feeder, make some popcorn, and sit there and look at birds all day
It is really fun.
Amature here.
What I did was I bought a bird book (Roger Troy Peterson) and binoculers and whenever I went camping I looked, and when I saw a new bird, I wrote down in the book when and where I saw it.
Enjoy!
Buy Binoculars find a forest and look up and watch birds go by. It’s a very easy sport very inexpensive, no protection needed…
This is a wonderful hobby! I’ve been doing this for years and I still enjoy it! There are always new birds to encounter. I started as a young girl with the little golden book of birds. I still have my original copy and I love it. Another good book is the Audubon book. Do get binoculars - and my best advice is to be patient. You most definitely will be rewarded. A terrific magazine that you would love is “Birds and Blooms”. It has no advertisements and it is loaded with bird pictures, identifications and information. I look forward to every issue that comes.
Contact your local Audobon chapter, they usually have weekly bird walks. This will help you to get some ID tips, find good birding spots in your area, and meet other people interested in birds. It is a lot of fun. Also, many traveling opportunities as there are bird festivals in many different states. Also, if you want to do some backyard bird watching, get yourself a seed feeder and a hummingbird feeder. Happy birding.
learn as much as you can about local birds, the more you know the more interesting their behaviour will be
Buy a pair of binoculars and a bird spotting guide from a local bookshop and have a wander round the countryside.
I recon the best way would probably be to get ouy there & watch some birds!!!!
There’s really only two things you need (besides birds), binoculars and a bird book.
Binoculars can be kind of expensive, but you’l benefit from buying the best ones you can afford.
Good bird guides include Sibley, Kaufman, and Peterson.
Then just start in your yard figuring out what birds visit your yard. Then once you’ve got the common ones down, head to a nearby park and find some more. Different habitats, different places, and different seasons will bring different birds.