Outdoor Professsor's Tips

Hello, I'm the OUTDOOR PROFESSOR from DiscoveringTheOutdoors.com/  Here's your outdoor tip on Why do people watch birds? A birder is defined by the US Fish and Wildlife Service as anyone who takes a trip one mile or more from home for the main purpose of observing birds, or who has closely observed and identified birds around the house.  With that definition the US Fish and Wildlife Service estimates there are 48 million birders in the United States.  It is calculated that birding generates $82 billion in the economy including both direct and indirect expenditures.  This means 671,000 jobs and $28 billion in employment according to the same Fish and Wildlife Service report. So birding is popular, but why do people watch birds? Throughout history, people have been interested in watching birds.  Early civilizations believed the flights  and calls of birds could predict the future.  Even today, it is thought that birds can be indicators of environmental conditions.  The