Birdwatching is
an interesting outdoor activity that will take you outside to the different habitats to
enjoy the immense beauty of nature for which we have taken for granted. You will be
delighted to see the beauty of birds; appreciating the aerial mastery of their
flight, soaring and gliding through the air; being astonished to see their splendid
iridescent plumage, shimmering and glittering under the sun; listening to their melodious
calls and songs, chirping and twittering in chorus.
Birdwatching is fun and it is a quest.
A quest for knowledge indeed at all times - learning to identify the birds, recognising
their calls and songs, understanding their behaviour and survival in relation with the
environment. It is a great pleasure, sometimes a challenge in fact, to observe and
identify the birds in the wild. And sometimes, patience is needed in searching for
the birds in the bush or thicket like playing a game of hide and seek. These are
just some of the thrills that you will experience in birdwatching besides enhancing your
knowledge of natural history.
Birdwatching trips bring you to various
interesting places of different habitats. Be it a paddy field, farmland, orchard or
plantation, garden, park or hilly forest reserve, coastal mangrove or mudflat, lakeside or
dam, seashore or river bank, it will definitely fascinate you with its serene and
beautiful scenery.
You may do your birdwatching at your
own backyard, garden or in the vicinity of your area at your leisurely pace too.
Perhaps this is what most of the beginners usually do when they start to birdwatch.
Taking up the hobby of birdwatching is
quite simple. A pair of binoculars, a field guide and a little notebook and a pen,
or maybe a hat too, you are ready on the move to the field!
So, come on in! Join the fun of
birdwatching!
