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The more you bird, the more you see, and the ‘birdier' it looks! Taking a snapshot with a camera helps capture a memory or a bird in a pretty photograph to remember what it looks like, where it was found and what it was doing when it was found. And many of the best birds occur when a birder is not in much of a hurry! So with a bit of practice and time, any birder can become adept at identifying birds by their sounds. They don't have to switch channels to listen to the popular hits of the day, but only need to rely on tuning their ears and a bit of practice!Īs they say, no excellence can be acquired without constant practice. Studying the calls made by birds can help with conversation efforts for wildlife.Ĭontributing to this endeavour of understanding birds and our biodiversity better, there is a small, albeit an increasing tribe of birders who particularly enjoy tuning into nature's radio of bird sounds. It also contributes directly to the conservation efforts of natural habitats. From the addition of new species for the Indian Subcontinent using avian bioacoustics, to exploring the fascinating subject of vocal resemblance or mimicry between the calls of young parasitic cuckoos and that of their hosts or foster parents, to understanding bird taxonomy and bird distribution, bird sound-recording plays a key role in the larger puzzle of understanding birds and bird behaviours. Bird music! The mesmerising experience of witnessing a gradual dawn breaking with the rapidly increasing crescendo of birds singing their dawn chorus, cheering and applauding the rising sun, can match no other.įor the uninitiated (or early risers), this can match no other natural morning alarm clock in the world! So, birds are not only enthralling to an average birder, but are also of functional utility to an average person, among other more compelling scientific reasons of the importance of birds and birdsong.īirds are excellent ambassadors of our environment, and birdsong is one of the indicators of species diversity. Well, what about birders who like listening to birds which sing? The early bird gets the worm and the early birder faces the music: literally. So, it's safe to say that birders like to bird and birds like to sing – in the most general sense. Birding, as an activity, includes watching or admiring birds, photographing or filming them, counting or listing them, or sound-recording their vocalisations, or all of the above!īirds, on the other hand, like to sing, flock, feed, preen, migrate, or breed, in no particular order, among other every day chores or seasonal tasks. In other words, all birders like to watch birds, or ‘go birding', or simply, ‘bird'. Bird-watching or ‘birding' is watching and observing birds and their behaviours in their natural habitats. A clean pair of ‘bins' is the most indispensable tool that a birder needs to spot and observe birds doing what they naturally do. As an ardent birder, nothing gives me more joy than the simple act of cleaning my binoculars (‘bins' in birder slang).