com/MachiasSealIsland.htm). Not a refuge, ownership of the island has been disputed for two centuries.


Incredible Hobby “Keeping a life list of birds you’ve seen, when and where, is not only fun,” says Nate Swick, author of the recent Birding for the Curious, in Greensboro, North Carolina. “It brings back memories of a time and place. Birding takes you places you wouldn’t think of. I’ve bird-watched in local landfi lls, as well as in India and Central America.” A particularly impressive sight was a shearwater, found 30 to 40 miles into the Atlantic Ocean off the North Carolina coast, a species that only comes to land during breeding season. “Each bird has an incredible story,”


he says. “Migrating birds that arrive exhausted and hungry after fl ying hundreds of miles will often look for local birds like chickadees that act as the welcome wagon, showing where food, water and a safe rest area can be found.” Erika Zar, a catalog copywriter in Madison, Wisconsin, happened upon the nearby Horicon Marsh Bird Festival (HoriconMarshBirdClub.com/ for-visitors). “Everyone seemed so meditative, hiking in quiet groups. It was peaceful,” she says. “Listing the birds they saw on checklists was like a scavenger hunt for adults.”


Zar immediately bought binoculars, but soon traded them for a better pair. “Bird-watching opened my eyes to a new world right in front of me,” she says joyfully. “I’d just never looked or listened closely enough before.”


Connect with Sandra Murphy at StLouisFreelanceWriter@mindspring.com.


Fine Feathered Facts


What to do with a stranded baby bird:


Tinyurl.com/OrphanedBabyBirds


Comparing bird and human vision: WindowAlert.com/bird-vision


Find wildlife refuges by state: fws.gov/refuges Live bird cams:


Cams.AllAboutBirds.org


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