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o you notice birds as you go along your daily life? Do you see the hawk sitting on a power pole on Battleground or Silas Creek as you speed by in your vehicle? Do you
notice the Red Breasted Robins hopping around in the grass looking for juicy worms outside your work window? Maybe it’s the pigeons you regard in downtown Greensboro or the Great Blue Herons on our watershed lakes. Chances are, whether you are a “birder” or not, you do notice birds every day in your com- ings and goings. Have you ever seen a bird and wondered what kind it is? Whether you are a “wanna be” birder or an experienced birder already, let’s have fun talking about birding in the Triad. So what is a birder exactly and why do people bird watch? Is it really a big thing in the Triad? How big is it? How fun is it? How do you get started if you are a newbie? We’ll discuss all of this but first let’s define the term “birder” and explain the types of birders.
Birding in the Triad A birder is technically defined as a bird-watcher. There are
two types of birders according to birding experts. There are those that watch birds purely for enjoyment and may be referred to as “bird-watchers” and there are those who aggressively seek out birds to check them off a list and may be referred to as “collec- tors.” There’s no wrong or right way to be a birder, just different focuses and styles of bird watching.
So how big of a deal is bird watching in the Triad, NC, and the U.S.? Very big. Here are just a few numbers:
• according to “Birding in the U.S.; A Demographic and Eco- nomic Analysis, 2011” via
www.americanbirdingexpo.com, 20-70 million Americans are birders
• 18 million of those 20-70 million travel throughout the U.S. to bird annually, buying gas, binoculars, guidebooks, food, hotel accommodations etc., greatly impacting our economy
• speaking of impacting our U.S. economy, the same source cites that birders spend $41.6 BILLION dollars annually on this hobby! $26 billion of the $41.6 billion is for equipment while $14.8 billion is for travel expenses
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• a few state/city impact statistics of money from birding added to local economy: -- Titusville, FL: $1.29 million dollars spent annually -- Northern Ohio: $26.4 million spent annually -- Texas, lower region: $463 million -- NC, according to the NC Fisheries and Wildlife Report 2011 Economic Impact of Wildlife Watching: 2,432,000 million watchers in NC, creating 20,636 jobs, $628,627,734 in wages and $144,742,084 in local and state tax revenue
Birding is BIG and it is GREAT for the Triad, for North Caro-
lina and for the U.S. economy and individuals. Besides being a huge boon to the economy for jobs, etc., birding is good for people’s spirit. It gets them outdoors, connected to other people who love the outdoors; it gets them involved in a healthy outdoor activity; and it gets them engaged with nature. We know from reading The Nature Principal by Richard Louv and Your Brain on Nature by Eva Selhub MD and Alan Logan ND that connect- ing to nature is crucial to our well-being. Birding, it turns out, is
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