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Twitchers are a variety of birders or birdwatchers dedicated to building a big lifelist
 The Joys of Birdwatching - twitching,ticking and other mad stuff ! Twitching and ticking | Powerbirding| Home Why look at birds ? 1. Birds are the most beautiful and accessible animals on earth. Birdsare literally everywhere, and if one appreciates nature, one cannot butappreciate birds. There is almost nowhere where you cannot find birds !2. There are a tremendous variety of birds. Worldwide there are 9730different species. Birds exhibit a vast array of different behaviours,including many which humans can relate to. Many birds are sociable andexhibit a remarkable range of adaptive behaviours. Even some of the morecommon species (for example the Arrowmarked Babbler) have habits whichbird scientists (Ornithologists) are only beginning to understand. 3. Bird-watching takes one to many of the most beautiful and wonderfullyatmospheric places on earth. If you want to meet someone who has seen thecountry, and knows every hidden treasure - just find an obsessive birder.Quite apart from Forests and Mountains, Bushveld and Vleis, some of themost sought after birds are found out in the open ocean, in remote rivervalleys, close to famous waterfalls or even at the Big Hole of Kimberley!What exactly is Birdwatching ? It may be exactly that - watching birds. More generally birdwatchingis actually about observing and identifying the birds around us. Once onehas noticed a bird and seen how it behaves the next question is : Whatis it ? This is where birdwatching (as most people enjoy it) starts. Thenext step is a pair of binoculars to help get a better view of the birdsyou see, as well as a field-guide or reference book to help with identification.Birding has grown enormously in popularity over the last few years anda look at the shelves of your local news agency gives an indication ofhow much interest birds now generate in Southern Africa.What is the appeal of Birdwatching ? Birdwatching has grown in appeal alongside a whole host of other outdooractivies. It is generally a leisurely and relaxing hobby which fulfilsour natural curiosity and desire to learn as well as meeting the need tochallenge oneself. While people birdwatch for many different reasons someof the attractions of birdwatching are as follows: Birdwatching takes you to great places ! Once birding becomesmore serious it can involve a great deal of travelling and is an excellentexcuse to see new parts of the planet. Many of the best places for birdsare also scenically attractive and exciting to visit. Birding is a challenge. The key challenge is to identify thebirds you see, and to find and identify particular birds you want to see.Birding grows from being an interest to being a skill. The skill of findingand identifying birds involves knowledge about the habitat, habits plumageand shape of a bird. The more one gets to know about birds, the greaterthe degree to which one can judge size and shape from a distance, or pickup a fast moving bird quickly and notice the key features which tell youwith certainty, what kind of sparrowhawk it is.Birding is sociable. Contrary to some of the stereotypes aboutbirders, most birders are highly sociable and spend a great deal of timediscussion birding with other birders. Keeping Lists (or ticking)Once one had got into the fun and challenge of identifying birds, thenext step is to keep some sort of record of what you have seen. This iswhere listing starts, and for most birders the most important list is alifelist - a list of all the birds seen in ones lifetime. But listing isfar more than just about a lifelist, it is a way of keeping track of observations,or of organising a vast number of experiences and ensuring that they arenot lost. Listing is given particular meaning and value when it is partof an organised "scientific" effort to gather information. TheSouthern African Bird Atlas Project involved thousands of birdwatcherswho collected millions of bits of data and built up a comprehensive pictureon the distribution and movement of most of our bird species. Twitching Once one has got into building up a life list, you then become a twitcher.A twitcher is someone who actively seeks out new birds to put on theirlifelist and the word is supposed to describe the uncontrollable spasmsof excitement when seeing a new bird for the first time. Most birders aretwitchers to some extent, but the degree to which the ticking of new speciesis important is a personal thing. Some birders can be described as "hart-core"twitchers, and are interested in nothing other than ticking new species.Twitching has led to a whole vocabulary to describe what happens when yougo twitching. "Gripping" a bird means that you "got it"- you can add it to you life list. Conversely when you go looking for birdsand miss out on something you should have seen then you "dipped out"on that species. Most birders still enjoy seeing birds they have already seen. Birdwatchingwhich is not oriented towards "twitching" (not about new species)is usually more leisurely, unless when it becomes power-birding.Both power-birding and twitching have leant themselves to the use of awhole range of techniques for finding birds. One of these is the use oftape-recorded calls. Birders need to remember that birds are wild animalsand disturbance should be kept to a mimimum. Familiarity with a code ofconduct for birders is a good idea. Go to ABA CODE of conduct for Birders!   geovisit();
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