Bird Watching Tips...

Written by Kathy Burns-Millyard


Simply sitting and watching birds is a popular hobby aroundrepparttar world. It's fun and relaxing atrepparttar 115967 same time.

Many people quite enjoy just watchingrepparttar 115968 birds in their garden, yard, trees and bushes from their front window. And it's even better to actually go out intorepparttar 115969 wild and watchrepparttar 115970 birds in their own natural habitats.

"Natural Habitat" of course usually means going intorepparttar 115971 woods, or to remote areas. So before going on a bird watching outing, be sure you've prepared a little. First and foremost, be sure you're wearingrepparttar 115972 appropriate clothes for bothrepparttar 115973 location you'll be visiting, andrepparttar 115974 climate that area is currently experiencing.

If you live in a warm desert area for instance, and you plan to go up a mountain for a day of bird watching, you'll want to first find out if there's any snow onrepparttar 115975 mountain, or whether it's cold duringrepparttar 115976 daylight hours.

You'll of course also want to be sure you have some food or snacks, and plenty of water to keep you hydrated.

Binoculars are almost a requirement for bird watching too. They allow you to get a close up view of any birds, nests, and chicks. Many bird lovers also enjoy having pen or pencil, and a notepad on hand so they can take notes aboutrepparttar 115977 birds they've seen, or sketch them as they're watching.

Gift Ideas for Bird Lovers...

Written by Kathy Burns-Millyard


Some ofrepparttar best gifts you can give to a bird lover are those that have to do with birds! :) Here are a few favorites of all bird lovers:

* Bird Houses - You can find a wide variety of bird house designs and styles. Usually anyone that really loves birds also really loves different types of bird houses too. Also, when shopping for a bird house, keep in mind that some bird houses are made for specific types of birds, and others can be used by multiple types and sizes.

* Bird Baths and Fountains - These also make wonderful gifts for bird lovers because they tend to attract more birds torepparttar 115966 yard. Birds love to play in water as well as drink and bathe in it. So these make fantastic gifts for bird lovers. Something to know when buying bird baths and fountains though: Birds are easily scared. So try to avoid any bright colors - especially red - and try to avoid shiny things that reflectrepparttar 115967 sun.

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