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Bird Watching Journals - Preserve Your Bird Watching Experiences  by: Rick Chapo Bird Watching is a great way to escape the rat race and be one with nature. Alas, your bird watching experiences can fade with time. The best way to prevent this is to keep a bird watching journal for your sightings and trips. Bird Watching Journals Take a minute to give some consideration to your most recent bird watching experience. What sticks out in your mind? Now think about the first time you ever went bird watching. Undoubtedly, you remember few things about the geography, people you went with, every bird sighted and so on. The experiences you've forgotten are lost to time. If you had kept a bird watching journal, this wouldn't be the case. There are famous instances of people keeping journals throughout time. Of course, Anne Frank's Diary is the best example. In her diary, Anne kept a running commentary of the two years her family spent hiding from the Nazis. While your bird watching experiences better be more lighthearted, keeping a journal will let you remember them as the years pass. A good bird watching journal combines a number of characteristics. First, it should be compact so you don't have to take up unnecessary space for other things. Second, it should have a case to protect it from rain, spills and so on. Third, the journal should contain blank areas to write your notes. Fourth, the journal should contain cue spaces to remind you to keep notes on specific things. Cues should include: 1. Who you went birding with, 2. Where you stayed and if you enjoyed it, 3. Who you met and contact information for them, 4. The geographic and weather conditions, and 5. The birds you sighted and added to your life list. At the end of the trip, you should be able to get the following from your journal: 1. Contact information for other bird watchers and people you met, 2. Enough detail to provide you or a friend with a guide if you travel to the location a second time. 3. Memories to reflect upon years later, and 4. Something to pass on to your children and grandchildren. To get the most out of your bird watching journal, you should write in it during and immediately after birding. Every sighting brings new experiences even if you're just sitting in your backyard. Bird watching is a great way to commune with nature. Make sure to preserve the experience. About The Author Rick Chapo is with http://www.nomadjournals.com - makers of diary and writing journals for the outdoors and travel. Visit http://www.nomadjournaltrips.com for more articles on the great outdoors. This article was posted on February 13, 2006 Read More Articles from the "Hobbies" Category: Faking An Image Stabilized Camera Lens by Darren Collins Glyconutrition and Jesse James by Wayne Sedlak Chess Opening Strategies and How To Set Your Self Up To Win by Roger Marler The Art of Embroidery by Pearl Mertens How To Add Value And Uniqueness To Your Scrapbook Pages by Dawn Williams Knitting Basics – Simple Terms and Instructions. by Craftopoly.com Helpful Tips to Treasure Hunting With Metal Detectors by Daniel Chiapperino How to Make Orange Eucalyptus Bath Salts by Rebecca Dillon Hot Wheels Modified by Scott Bianchi Photographing Flowers by Albreht Moy << Back to "Hobbies" Index

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