The story of Bird Watching

Today, bird watching a favorite hobby, which focuses on the relationship with nature, in accordance with the birds in their natural environment. But when people started watching the birds, it was not. The history of bird watching shows that you can not always see work in the best interest of the beautiful creatures.

Bird watching for the first time a fashion company in Britain in Victorian times. The main objective of the observers was to collect the eggs and skinsbirds have found the most fascinating. Some fans even went so far as to take wealthy contacts in the American colonies, specimens of birds, native to get that part of the world.

The problem in the early days of this activity was to shoot birds, the only way to get close enough to them was observed. However, all were more advances in optics changed. In 1889, Florence Bailey published the first Birding Field Guidesentitled "Birds through an opera glass" so that people could identify the birds without harming them.

As bird watching and more popular groups like the Audubon Society and American Ornithologists 'Union' was developed. These groups have contributed to bird watching, a wider scope of people can not be regarded as a hobby before. More importantly, however, helped birders on respect for the rights awareness of the birds without being noticeddisturbed.

The history of this show a great activity that people not only more interested in birds over time, but if they were raising the birds are not violated in the name of research or a hobby. As a result of these developments, it is easy to learn about the behavior of birds, in addition to their physical properties. Thanks to the early pioneers of bird watching, there is now a popular activity for people of all ages from around the world.