Generally speaking, most people have a hobby or two in which they enjoy participating in aside from their daily routines. And ongoing psychological research tells us that this is a very healthy thing. For some it may be playing or just even watching sports, for others it may be something like stamp collecting or coin collecting, and for others it may be fishing or hiking. There is a hobby that has really taken hold in the United States over the past several decades and that is birdwatching, or birding for short.
It has been estimated that more than sixty million people in the United States participate in birding annually. And this great state of ours is a prime area to birdwatch due to favorable weather conditions, as well as geographical placement.
As I begin to generalize a short overview about this hobby, let me just say that the space allotted for this column is not nearly enough to cover the how’s, the what’s, the when’s, the where’s and the why’s of birding. It is meant to literally be an overview of a tremendous opportunity to get outdoors!
