#bird-watching

#bird-watching

You may be familiar with the various memes detailing the fact that once you reach middle age, you're automatically sorted, Harry Potter hat-style, into one of a handful of hobbies, such as sourdough bread making, gardening, or bird watching. I can't contradict this, since I'm a middle-aged person who got sorted into bird-watching. But I do know that enjoying birds and their various activities is fun for all ages. Birds are beautiful, interesting, and unpredictable, and it's fascinating to keep a running life list of all the birds you've seen and hope to see in your lifetime.

Their backyard also includes a few more sentimental varieties, including a hibiscus bush my dad planted in honor of my grandpa (his dad), who loved Hawaii and hummingbirds. Coincidentally, hummingbirds also love hibiscus flowers, and the blooms have attracted dozens of hummingbirds to his garden. Because my dad loves bird-watching so much, I bought him a Bird Buddy Smart Bird Feeder, and now, he can see his feathered friends even more up close and personal.

Mute swans are invasive species in California, known for their territorial behavior, which includes drowning smaller animals, making them a significant threat to local ecosystems.

My ignorance of loons was such that when I first saw a loon while kayaking, I thought it was a duck. To my great shame, I went so far as to ask these two other kayakers who were also looking at the loon, "What kind of duck is that?" That is how I learned what loons looked like. This is also when I took the only photo of a loon I got the entire weekend.

The Bird Buddy smart bird feeder captures high-quality 2K video and photos, alerting owners of new bird visitors via an accompanying app, enhancing the birdwatching experience.

According to an update posted on the Friends of Big Bear Valley Facebook page, Sunny and Gizmo are sisters! Apparently, Gizmo tried to catch up with Sunny this week after she first attempted to fly.

The young peregrine falcons at San Jose City Hall are at risk after their mother brought home a rat, raising suspicions of poisoning due to their rare diet.

Bird-watching does sometimes involve just that—watching birds—but for the truly birdpilled, it's about tuning in to a new layer of reality around you and decoding it.