The scope of birding is broad. It can mean sitting in your backyard with a pair of binoculars, watching the neighborhood birds flock to feeders. Or, it can mean traveling to faraway remote places with hopes of spotting some of the most alluring species on the planet. Along that spectrum, there are more than a dozen ways to do it.
Whether you’re a beginner, an expert or somewhere in the middle, here, local birder and member of the Chattanooga Tennessee Ornithological Society Cynthia Wilkerson shares 13 different techniques of birding that anyone can learn.
Getting started
» Bird from your backyard. Simply notice the birds that are in your yard or at your feeders.
» Take a casual birding trip. Gather a group and take a trip to a destination of your choosing. Once there, record the species you see or hear.