It is a common view in most urban parks people feeding birds with niger seed
. Bird feeding and bird watching are fascinating ways to connect with nature and also helps to get away from the work stress. You can enjoy bird watching out in the wild or from your home. Being a bird lover I am writing to share few bird watching tips. The season is an important factor that influences the patterns of birds behavior. Summer is the breeding season in which you see dance and song of vibrant birds while in winter birds flock together or migrate making you miss the merriness of watching birds. To be a successful bird watcher you need to be having a minimum impact on the birds environment not to disturb them. Observe birds from a distance. Some birds are weak after the migration so if you chase them or scare them it might even cause their death. And do not photograph birds under flash light. Carefully listen to the sounds that birds make to encounter feeding flocks. Birds call one another when they find wild bird food and seed. By sticking together birds improve their chance of survival. You can put a handful of bird food on the woodland and silently keep watching from a distance. If the birds do not spot a predator around, they will come for the food making a colorful picture for you.
If you are watching birds from home make sure you have plenty of bird food in your hand. If the environmental quality of your garden is good you will be surprised with the bird population that land on your hand full of seeds. This is an example of how the layout of the urban landscape influences the biodiversity and behavior of several spices including birds. You can turn your home into a natural habitat for birds by spreading a lot of wild bird food and seed on the ground. Through frequent bird feeding and bird watching you will be able to figure how birds move through the cityscape. You can have bird mates landing on your shoulder or propagating on your garden everyday by constant feeding with niger seed. Follow these tips if you are a bird lover and I wish you happy bird watching.