I even have a bucket-list of birds I would like t see on the wild someday! This hobby has even a scope to opt as a career.īird-watching is not a career that’s going to make you a millionaire, but it will definitely improve the quality of life if you, too, are stuck in the corporate job pit. One can now say that I have picked up bird-watching as a hobby. ![]() Group of bird-watchers on Jia Bhoreli river in Assam.Īs mentioned at the start, my interest in birds began after learning a few names and getting to see a few brightly-coloured, beautiful birds up-close. (I am sure most of you also would have seen these birds around your vicinity, but would have largely ignored them, just like me.) 1. I think it would be safe to say that I have picked up bird watching as hobby now, although I would call myself a ran amateur yet.But here are some of the most commonly seen birds which I can now identify with surety. While on this journey of exploring, I started watching and photographing so many birds which I had ignored before due to my lack of knowledge. It was from that moment onwards, that I decided to explore the kingdom of birds more. Explaining more, he said, ‘ Despite the name, the White-throated Kingfisher is more common than the Common Kingfisher.’ My question to him was something he said he gets quite a lot, ‘If it is not common, why is it called a Common Kingfisher?’ The naturalist brought out a book, and explained that the Common Kingfisher has a much wider global distribution and hence the name. It was one of the naturalist from the resort. ‘ One is a Common Kingfisher and the other one is a White-throated Kingfisher,’ a voice explained from behind. They were both kingfishers, but were very different from each other. One fine morning, which perched on a vantage point overlooking a lake and sipping on some tea, I had front row seats to watch two beautiful kingfishers. I am an early riser, and regularly walk around the place where I stay to see the rising sun and the early hustle and bustle of the rural life. But my stint in some wildlife resorts, and the regular safaris which came along as an add-on, ignited a curiosity within me to know more about them. But my list never grew beyond sparrows, pigeons and crows. I have always loved to feed and watch birds since my childhood. And yet they inhibit a world which is really rather mysterious.- Sir David Attenborough We feed them and tame them, and think we know them. Birds are the most popular group of animal kingdom.
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