Connecting to your friends and family ... through Birding
One of
the top critiques people have today focus on their desire to be able to spend
more time with their friends and families and more time talking and enjoying
moments with their families. So why not
try something new?
Consider
when your children want to head out and play Pokemon Go or when you get
outdoors and go Geocaching why not go as a group and check out some of your
neighbourhood birds? The same
drives that pull us binge-watch entire TV shows, to find and collect Geocaches,
and to search for Pokemon are what pull birders everyday across the country to
the outdoors! The need to search,
discover, collect, and of course engage in friendly competition are all at the
heart of birding!
Remember
when we were all children how wonderful it felt to be outside? How peaceful the woods are? How great it is to hear birds sing or feel
the sun on your face? How many of us
remember being happy – inside and out – just because we were relaxing in the
outdoors? All of that can be had again
by just stepping outside, taking a few minutes off line, getting away from the
office, and enjoying time with your friends and family in your own
neighbourhood!
Birds are wonderful, they get us outdoors, they are all around us, they provide us with a connection to nature, they are around all year, they are free to watch, they don’t expect anything out of you and they don’t judge you (even if you don’t know their names). For all of these reasons birding is great fun as well as being an easy and accessible way to enjoy time with your friends and family while you re-connect.
Some of my favourite memories are from times I spent outside with friends, on research crews, and with my family! So, as the weather warms up this year, be sure to get outside and make birding part of your routine!
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