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Birding

Birding or birdwatching is the hobby observing birds. It can also be a form of "citizen science", as when enthusiastic amateur birders create lists of birds they observe in a given interval and at a given location and upload them to sites like eBird.

DC Birding Events

Notes on Birdnet

Old Birding Guide

Wikipedia: Audubon - The Birds of America

Birdcast

District of Columbia

Prince George's County, Maryland

Calvert County, Maryland

Target Lists

Rock Creek Upper Beach Drive

Rock Creek Park--Maintenance Yard

Bladensurg Waterfront

Fort Totten

Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens

Jug Bay

North Beach Marsh

Ecology

Environmental problems that affect birds invariably affect us. As the expression has it, they are canaries in the coal mine. Consider, for example, the effects of microplastics on birds, as described in this NYT editorial.

Mark O'Connell - Our Way of Life Is Poisoning Us

See Also

How I Got Into Birding

Bjorn's Notes