Bird watching beneficial
• Tread lightly and respect boundaries; most often you're in the birds' domain. • Walk quietly and whisper.
• Take special care in a potential or active nesting area.
• Don't trespass on private property.
• Avoid pointing your binoculars at other people or their homes.
• Enjoy yourself! Birding is meant to be informative as well as fun.
Source: http://birds.audubon.org/birding-etiquette
Resources
• The Ralph T. Waterman Bird Club: www.watermanbirdclub.org/AboutContact.htm
• Forsyth Nature Center:
www.forsythnaturecenter.org
• John Burroughs Natural History Society: http://jbnhs.org/index.html
• American Birding Association: www.aba.org
• National Audubon Society: http://birds.audubon.org/birding-basics also http://web4.audubon.org/bird/at_home/bird_watching/index.shtml
• Great Bird Backyard Count, Cornell Lab of Ornithology: www.birds.cornell.edu/Page.aspx?pid=1478
• "The Birds of Dutchess County New York Today and Yesterday: A Survey of Current Status with Historical Changes Since 1870," by Stan DeOrsey, Barbara A. Butler (Grinnell & Lawton Publishing, 2006); currently out of print; free downloadable version is available at: www.watermanbirdclub.org/dutchessbirdbook.htm
Maury Lacher started watching birds in the 1960s.
"It's exercise," the Poughkeepsie resident said. "You're focused on finding a bird or looking around. You get to enjoy nature. You look at butterflies, dragonflies, flowers, plants, mushrooms. You start paying attention to that."
Bird watching, or birding to serious enthusiasts, does more than put people in touch with nature. The hobby also requires a focus that frees people from everyday stresses. More than that, hiking along trails or over rugged terrain on bird-watching expeditions also provides mild to serious exercise.
Still, some people ask, "Why birds?" said Lacher, a semi-retired clinical psychologist and president of the Ralph T. Waterman Bird Club.
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