Beginning Bird Watching Tips from Birding Expert Alan Hale

[@terimiller6814]

I'm new to this (at age 70 - never too old!). Just started out with a bird bath and putting seed out. Now I have 2 bird baths, 3 feeding stations, and just ordered more🐦 and have had Merlin on my phone for a while🙋😍

[@adamdanial5067]

"you can look at my head and that may give you a hint", this genuinely gave me a chuckle 😂😂😂

[@databang]

Birds are fascinating. Sometimes when i see birds in the garden, I know it is me being watched. 🦅🦉

[@shanarussell5549]

I've been bird watching for only a few years but have gotten really good at identifying my backyard birds. We are attracting more every year. We had a new sound this year & I spent weeks trying to identify it. I downloaded an app that identifies their sound & it's a veery! I hear it, but don't see it. Then my husband cut the hay in the field where I was hearing them & poof GONE. Yes he's in the dog house 😉

[@SaidiLemaiyan98]

Nice presentation👏👏👏,,,I love this,, I am a birdwatcher and a bird guide from kenya, every new day presents an opportunity to learn something new.

[@dnasbirdingadventures]

Beautiful! I've been birdwatching for about 35 years, but still feel new. 😆 Always learning. Thanks!!

[@CharlieBuckingham-dg2xv]

Hello, what would you say was your favourite spot, which was the bird you will remember forever?

[@dnasbirdingadventures]

@@CharlieBuckingham-dg2xv the next new spot is my favorite 😍. Texas was pretty amazing with the Green Jay. How about you?

[@oneperspective]

Thank you Alan. I really enjoyed your talk on the local birds to your area. I bird watch in South Wales UK so not so many eagles.

[@natchaa6020]

Beautifully descriptive and inspired.

[@percyrodriguez-moran5181]

Geat information. Thanks for sharing....

[@JanicePreston-]

Hello yes i am getting into this. I recently joined youtube to find content to help. I was told this is a good and relaxing hobby to take up.

[@silkroad1201]

"How'd you get into birdwatching?" "Well I turned 30, and uhh... yeah"

[@fg.salomon]

Thank you fo sharing your knowledge Alan

[@Nicolae_Mew]

Another interesting fact about the ecological significance of birds is exemplified during Mao's "Great Leap Forward" in 1950s China. Sparrows were targeted as part of a nation-wide civic pest control campaign, due to their tendency to feed on rice grains. They were hunted down and killed in the hundreds of thousands, which proved to be a catastrophic mistake, as pest insects grew exponentially due to lack of predation from the birds. Crops were ravaged by the insects, and the resulting famine claimed an estimated 10-50 million human lives.

[@joshc1394]

We want more Alan

[@kubam1498]

hopefully will see some Puffin tomorrow

[@ErictheHalf_bee]

When I'm reincarnated, I want to come back as a raven.

[@jogmas12]

I don’t know but I think I’d be bored to tears 😭 bird watching plus I’d be a little impatient

[@TheRealJohnMadden]

A great quote I heard is, “to become patient, you must do things that require patience”.

[@OspreyFlyer]

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[@kimpew9602]

Keith and Christine Getty

[@MarciArnold-z9f]

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[@winnon992]

Eagles aren’t as good as catching fish as Ospreys. I’d heard eagles would steal fish from them. I saw that happen twice watching the Ospreys in the last couple of years.

[@ScarlettLopez-h7g]

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