Reason To Become a Bird Watcher #1: No Batteries Required

By Mike • August 14, 2003 • 1 comment

The Core Team was among the 50 million souls inconvenienced by the (caps added by the news media) GREAT BLACKOUT OF 2003. This regrettable event brought to mind a virtue of bird watching I hadn’t previously considered. Birding is extremely low-tech.

All you really need to go bird watching are eyes and birds. If you want to get fancy, even the best scopes don’t need to be plugged in. A good field guide is also free of electricity demands. Blackout or not, you can bird to your heart’s content.

Of course, bird watching is more fun with a camera and a bit of gas in the car. I’d also love to try out some sophisticated birding software on a Pocket PC. Regardless, the point remains…maintaining a birding blog is high tech, but spotting the birds is not.

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Mike

Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist. Besides founding 10,000 Birds and I and the Bird, Mike has also created a number of other entertaining sites and resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network.

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