not just HUGE for business but it is HUGELY great for us as humans. So let’s talk about how to get started
in birding in the Triad. According to Bar- bara Haralson, lifelong birder and owner of Wild Birds Unlimited, a specialty re- source for birders in Greensboro, one of the best ways to get started in birding is to join your local birding club(s) and attend a beginner birding workshop. She also notes that birding can be for anyone and everyone, even those who are not able to be mobile perhaps due to sickness or age. They can place a feeder outside their win- dow and enjoy birding from the comfort of their home.
started?
So, are you curious about how to get Here are a couple of local bird clubs
for you to reach out to:
• Piedmont Bird Club: www.piedmont-
birdclub.org (meet 3rd Thursday of each month Oct.-April at the Kathleen Clay Edwards Library, Greensboro and offer a beginners birders class in March and April)
• Carolina Bird Club:
www.carolinabird-
club.org (meet 3 times per year at differ- ent locations according to potential bird sightings. Next meeting is in Winston- Salem 4/28-29.)
• T. Gilbert Pearson Audobon Society:
http://tgpearsonaudubon.net/ (meet 2nd Thursday of each month 7pm at the Kathleen Clay Edwards Library, Sept.- May)
Barbara also shared about a wonder-
ful free cellphone app called Merlin, de- signed by Cornell Lab of Ornithology (the study of birds). Merlin Bird ID has over 650 birds that are found in the U.S. It is a lot of fun and easy to use. Here’s how it works: download the app by going to the app store on your phone. Once down- loaded, when you see a bird you wish to identify, tap on “start ID” and it will guide you through some basic questions such as: current location, size of the bird, where did you see the bird, what were the main colors of the bird. Merlin will then give you a detailed list with several pictures of each suggested bird for you to choose from. It really works well and is so fun to use. Some may find this method easier
• Note its color • Note its size
• Note the size, shape, color of the bill (nose, beak) • Take note of its habitat • Note what the bird is eating • Notice how it perches
• Notice the bird’s size/shape of wings in flight
• Notice the bird in flight and its flying patterns
• Seek the guidance of an experienced birder
• Listen to the bird’s song or call This list was surprising because many
people think birding is first and foremost recognizing the call/song of the bird. This is not true, according to Mr. Tekiela, the song is listed lastly as a way to identify if all other methods have you still guessing. This is good news for those who have been frustrated in the past because they had difficulty identifying via sound. Just a few fun facts about birding: there
are over 800 species in North America and there have been approximately 415 types identified in NC and SC alone. Birding is the largest spectator sport in America and
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than trying to find the bird they saw in a guide book. A great thing to do is use Merlin, identify the bird, then look it up in your guidebook. Barbara mentioned “Birds of the Carolina’s Field Guide” by Stan Tekiela, and it can also include audio cd’s of bird calls that coincide with the field guide. She also offered any reader who comes in and mentions this month’s Natu- ral Triad Outdoors article will get a free small bag of bird seed at the Greensboro, High Point or Winston Salem location of Wild Birds Unlimited. So, speaking of identification, have
you ever tried to identify birds but got overwhelmed? According to “Birds of the Carolina’s", there are very helpful strate- gies to assist you and make bird identifica- tion easier than ever. Here are a few of his tips:
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