Use Proper Supplies: Every birder knows they need a good field guide and the right optics to see the birds, but summer birding requires some additional equipment.
What type of birder are you? Cast your vote to define your birding self!
What type of birder are you?
This is also the first step for keeping a life list to track how you grow as a birder.
Anyone can succeed at birding, from the avid birder who attends seminars and joins birding trips, to the beginner who just wants to have a functional and decorative birdhouse.
All it takes to get started as a birder is good eyesight, a simple field guide (even from a used book store) and an interest in watching birds.
