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Birding Stats

Bird watching is the fastest-growing outdoor activity in the United States. Based on a survey by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; 51.3 million Americans reports that they watch birds. More and more people are taking up this hobby as a regular activity.

Birding as a hobby

Bird watching is not an expensive hobby compared to some sports activities. It tends to draw a distinct kind of crowd where the level of knowledge is not necessarily an issue. Life can become a lot more interesting when there is awareness of the varied bird life existing all around.

Birdwatching

Birding or birdwatching is a hobby concerned with the observation and study of birds (the study proper is termed ornithology). The term "birding" is of American origin; "birdwatching" is (or more correctly, was) the commonly used word in the United Kingdom and Ireland and by non-birders in the United States. Since visual observation is routinely complemented with auditory observation, the term "birding" is more accurate, and is growing in usage, particularly among devotees of the hobby.