tailieunhanh - Birds - Section 2 - Watching

The bird watcher also studies the , but his goal is entirely different; usually it is one of personal pleasure. Bird watching includes the person who casually throws out a few bread crumbs once in a while and. also the one who maintains a regular feeding program, providing a water supply summer and winter | bird watching ornithology and bird watching Ornithology and bird watching are so similar and yet so different. Both are based upon the same activity the study of birds. The difference depends upon the direction and intensity of the study. Ornithology is a serious business as is any scientific study of animal or plant life. The ornithologist is usually a researcher a college professor or other scientist who studies the life habits ancestry and other facets of bird life from a clinical point of view. 13 The bird watcher also studies the birds but his goal is entirely different usually it is one of personal pleasure. Bird watching includes the person who casually throws out a few bread crumbs once in a while and also the one who maintains a regular feeding program providing a water supply summer and winter and who makes a record of all the birds that come to his feeder. He knows when the first rose-breasted grosbeak arrived how many j uncos he feeds during the winter and so forth. He may participate in the Christmas bird count or he may not even know the difference between a nuthatch and a chickadee. It can be extended to any length pleasure is gained out of every minute devoted to it. This perhaps is the reason why bird watching is so popular. Also the casual bird watcher through intense study may become an ornithologist. The bird count may lead to a year-round study of the number and kinds of birds observed. This may lead to bird banding which in turn commences an intensive study of individual species. This information may be sent to the local chapter of the Audubon Society and in a short time the bird watcher has become an authority on some phase of bird study. He may become an ornithologist and submit findings and reports to a central bureau. Ornithology and bird watching both are pleasurable experiences and return so much to those who follow these pursuits. So think seriously about these activities. You will discover as have thousands of others that you are .