Beginning Bird Watching Tips from Birding Expert Alan Hale 

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🙋😍

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Thank you fo sharing your knowledge Alan

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.

We want more Alan

hopefully will see some Puffin tomorrow

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

Keith and Christine Getty

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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.

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