Bird Watchers

[Pygmy]

Any birders out there..??..

For me watching birds adds  a lot to my time spent in the woods....I enjoy identifying and watching various species of songbirds, birds of prey, etc. etc.  I am nowhere near an expert, but MOST of the time I can identify most of the birds I see, and it is exciting to see and identify a species that I have not previously seen...

I also enjoy my backyard feeder and have literally hundreds of birds visit it daily...

This winter I have a new addition to my feeder..A pair of Carolina Wrens have been hitting my suet and sunflower seeds....Although a couple of my friends ahve reported having them, these are the first ones I have ever seen at my feeder..

[Doewhacker]

I enjoy watching them too, my dad knows alot of their names and I enjoy making descriprions to him so he can tell the names of them. I have different birds near me than he has, so often I will have one he has only seen a few times. My birdfeeders are across my yard that has three feet of snow on it so I havent made it out to fill them in a while..time to send the kid out on his snowshoes!

I need a book to bring with me so I can ID the birds I am not familar with.

[Pygmy]

My favorite book is "Peterson's"....

It uses drawings, but in my opinion it is often easier to identify the birds from it than some of the books that use actual photographs, like the Audubon series..