Birders?

[kidneystone]

I'm curiois now, if there are any other bird enthusiasts out there. What got you interested? I seem to have been born with an innate love for them. I ended up being able to make a little money in college guiding birding tours and doing avian surveys for Idaho F & G and Nat. Fish & Wildlife Service. Now, I'm dabbling in consulting land owners on how to attract and enjoy birds on their property, when time permits.

 

[Blanding_Boy]

Amazing,

Didn't think there were too many people out there who were avid birders and hunters. I actually guided two guys this year in UT who are both. Infact one owns and operates a wild bird center. I still do bird tours and surveys where I can and a bunch of work on private lands.

Todd

 

[DeerKing]

I like to look at em and shoot em.....well the ones that are legal. I grew up next door to someone who cared for injured birds of all varieties. My grandfather had a wild bird aviary which was always a cool place to spend an afternoon.. When we moved to the country I had pet doves, peacocks, ducks of all makes and models, magpies, hawks and many kinds of exotic pheasants.

 

[ridgetop]

Im kind of the same way. I like to watch, whack, and eat em. Its always cool to see some you have never seen before. I raised a quail from an egg from one of those kits they advertise in the back of the outdoor mags. Kind of fun. Named the only one that hatched "Dan". He lived a very short but happy life...I waited too long to snip the wing feathers, and he became road pizza one afternoon as I was out watching him graze on ants...sniff..

 

[ridgetop]

LAST EDITED ON Jan-21-03 AT 03:02PM (MST)[p]What got me interested was having a feeder in the back yard as a kid, and having fun identifying them as the different types came in during the course of the year.

 

[AntlerKing]

You guys are true Outdoorsmen. I've watched them for years up hunting and shed hunting. Like DeerKing, I watch'em and shoot'em; the legal ones. When I was in scouts our leader took us into Deseret Land and Livestock, he was a Biologist for them. We went up a few years in a row to watch the Sage Grouse, that's what got me hooked. On lazy day's I'll sit in the den and watch the feeders.