10 brainspacemagazine.com @BrainspaceMag /BrainspaceMagazineBirding, or bird-watching is fun and easy, and you
can do it anywhere in Canada. Just stop, look and
listen.
Birds are all around us – in the city, at the beach,
in forests and parks.
In the spring and summer thousands of birds
build nests and lay their eggs. If you are lucky, you
will see some baby birds but only if you are quiet
and look closely.
When you go birding, take a notebook and a
pencil, a guide to birds of North America, and a
pair of binoculars along with your sense of calm and
focus. Birds come in all colours and sizes but often
they are most easily found by their distinctive calls
and songs. Remembering the song of a bird will
build your knowledge and your birdwatching skills.
Chickadees are known for their deedeedee song
and the common loon, found in Canada’s many
lakes, have a haunting call known as a “tremelo” or
yodel. See how many different birds you can find
and identify this summer.
Listen to the sounds of loons, and pileated
woodpeckers with your augmented reality app on
the facing page.Take a notebook or unlined journal with you to sketch some of the
birds you see, or list them after identifying them in your bird guide.
Identifying birds is easiest when you have a good guide to birds.
A good bird guide groups birds by their territory and shows their
distinctive markings. A pair of binoculars can take you up into the
trees or the sky to get a better look at the birds and their world.
They also make it easier to identify special marks and colours.Useful Tools
Summer Fun
Birding