| Do you ever have a day when you have nothing | | | | the best things about bird watching is anyone can |
| to do ?, You know them times when your on the | | | | do it, even if your in a wheelchair, you can sit and |
| internet in some chat room, and you type ' I'm | | | | watch birds. It's a great recreation for anyone |
| bored ! ', or your flipping through the TV channels, | | | | that is alone, or for the whole family to do |
| and you say to yourself or out loud ' 250 | | | | together.When you go out, remember to take |
| channels, and nothing good to watch ! ', yes, you | | | | your bird watching items with you, your |
| know what I am talking about. Now you have | | | | binoculars, notebook and pencil, and bird guide. |
| something you can do on them so called boring | | | | When you spot a bird look in your binoculars too |
| days, go bird watching.No matter where you live | | | | see all it's beauty in close detail, if you do not |
| you probably have birds of some kind, even folks | | | | recognize the species of bird your seeing, get out |
| in New York have central park and other places | | | | your bird guide and look it up. When you realize |
| where they can go bird watching. There are three | | | | the type of bird you see, write down in your |
| things you should have when bird watching, these | | | | notebook the following information; ' the name of |
| are a pair of binoculars, a notebook, and a bird | | | | the bird, the area where it was spotted, the date, |
| guide.Binoculars can be purchased for under $60 | | | | and time '. The information in your notebook, |
| at most Kmart or Walmart stores. Binoculars with | | | | helps you understand what types of birds |
| a magnification of 10 x 50 are perfect for bird | | | | frequent your area, it also is pretty neet being |
| watching. Don't think that a more powerful pair of | | | | able to read back and see when you spotted a |
| binoculars like 20 x 60 or 30 x 80 are better, this | | | | new or rare bird.If you have a yard, tree or even |
| is not the case. Stronger binoculars are fine if you | | | | a window you can attract birds by installing a |
| are into star gazing, but they are horrible for bird | | | | simple feeder. Bird feeders are very inexpensive |
| watching. The higher powered binoculars need a | | | | and they have feeders that can hang on a tree |
| tripod to use them without shaking, and even | | | | branch, or fence, or even stick to the outside of |
| without a tripod, the powerful binoculars are larger | | | | a window.Attracting different species of birds |
| and can be very heavy to carry around, the 10 x | | | | often requires different types of bird seed and |
| 50 ones are perfect for every occasion.A small | | | | other food. Hummingbirds are attracted to red, |
| tablet or notebook can be purchased at most | | | | pink and orange flowers, they especially like |
| stores, don't get nothing expensive just a small | | | | trumpet vines or other tubular-flowered plants, |
| spiral one will do fine. Now the last thing is the | | | | they are also very attracted to hummingbird |
| most important item when it comes to bird | | | | feeders filled with sugar water or red sweetened |
| watching. If you are truly going to watch birds, | | | | kool-aid. Robins like mowed lawns, so in the spring |
| you should know what type of birds you are | | | | and summer if you want to see robins, mow |
| looking at when you spot a new one, so visit | | | | your grass, the birds come looking for bugs and |
| your local book store or look in the birding section | | | | earthworms that are more easily accessible |
| of an online bookstore, such as amazon, at the | | | | because you cut the grass length. Goldfinches love |
| end of this article I have a website address that | | | | thistle seed, thistle is more expensive then most |
| has some of Amazons best bird guides, videos, | | | | common bird seed, but you cannot beat it if you |
| binoculars and more.Ok, so you have your | | | | want to attract goldfinches. Blue Jays are large |
| binoculars, notebook and pencil, and your bird | | | | and sometimes noisy, but if you want to bring |
| guide, now let's go outside and go bird watching. I | | | | them, put out a feeder full of black oil sunflower |
| am sure you won't have to walk very far to spot | | | | seeds. Cardinals are very neat looking, there is |
| a bird or two. I am lucky enough to currently live | | | | nothing nicer than looking out the window in the |
| here in the country, all I have to do is open my | | | | winter, and seeing a bright red cardinal sitting on a |
| door and I will hear the sounds of birds. If I step | | | | nearby tree branch or feeder. Cardinals are like |
| outside my front door, I can often see sparrows | | | | Blue Jays, in that they both love a diet of black oil |
| or finches, in the spring time the yard always has | | | | sunflower seeds. If you want to attract sparrows, |
| a couple robins hopping around, and crows flying | | | | a bag of plain mixed bird seed will do just |
| around the nearby woods, high overhead I often | | | | fine.There is Computer Software that is made |
| see turkey buzzards soaring against the blue sky. | | | | just for 'Bird Watching'. The software is called: |
| One time I opened my front door and across the | | | | 'Bird Watcher Professional', you can read the |
| road in the top of a large tree a horned owl was | | | | details and download a trial version of it for free |
| sitting, it stayed there for about 10 minutes, | | | | at this website address: is a website address that |
| turning it's head often as it looked around.If you | | | | has some of the best Bird Guides (Books), |
| have any grassy, wooded or open areas with | | | | Videos, Binoculars and other birding equipment |
| trees or bushes, you can usually find birds. One of | | | | that Amazon sells: Robert W. |