Birding is one of my more recently acquired hobbies. I find it to be an excellent motivation to develop patience and observation skills. Along the way in your birding journeys, you will encounter many people, problems and perspectives. This is a hobby where the scientific, the material and the spiritual all come together, where you alternately see each bird as a separate entity to be identified and checked off, yet you can never ignore the biosphere as a whole.
Accounts--special birds that have come my way
(This year, I'm experimenting with using Shutterfly for my annual holiday photo cards.)
OUTSIDE LINKS
Birdnotes.net--a growing database of bird sightings from the West, where I send my data
