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Taking A Bird Watching Vacation
Bird watching has quickly become one of the most popular hobbies in the World. What at one time was just a backyard interest has now grown into extensive bird watching vacations. When looking for a bird watching vacation, you can choose from one as simple as a weekend getaway or you can elect to go on one as long as a 14-day extravaganza full of rare and interesting birds to watch.
There are more than 1000 different species of birds in the United States alone, all of which are unique in their own way. Each species of bird has their own call pattern, sound, shape, and even a different beak. As a bird watcher, you may only have about a half a second to identify a bird by seeing how it moves through the trees, or by the shape of its wings. For the amateur bird watcher, it can be frustrating out there alone, not knowing what to look for, or what type of bird you have found. That is why a bird watching vacation can be quite an adventure for you, as well as a time for you to learn a hobby that you may soon fall in love with. Usually bird watching vacations are guided tours with a large group of people who enjoy helping others discover the love of bird watching.
Where to Go On a Bird Watching Vacation
The possibilities are endless when deciding where to go on a bird watching vacation. Here are just a few choices that have been rated some of the best bird watching vacation spots in the World. Costa Rica has often been considered the Mecca of bird watching. With such exquisite locations as the reserve of Bosque de Paz and the La Ensenada refuge, Costa Rica is one of the most popular bird watching vacation spots to be found.
South Africa frequently offers bird watching vacations to Kruger Park, Pretoria, Hluhuwe Game Reserve, and everywhere in between. Birders can experience a great variety of local birds, migrants, and endemic birds that make up the almost 850 species that can be found in this stunning location.
During a winter bird watching vacation, you may want to find yourself on the sandy beaches of The Grand Bahama Island. Grand Bahama Island has the distinction of being the 2nd most bird-populated island in the Bahamas. The Rand Nature Centre is home to West Indian Flamingos, Red-legged Thrushes, the endangered Bahama parrot, as well as numerous other species of birds. While kayaking in the crystal clear water you will have the chance to see rare birds that live in the Mangrove swamps, and the Caribbean Pine Forest.
Opportunities are plenty on any of these bird watching vacations. It is up to you to choose the one that takes you both to a beautiful location and one that will thrill the bird enthusiast within you.
John Wollitz
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January 23rd, 2010 at 4:23 am
How to transport my bird to a different location?
OK… Well, my dad my sister and I and a bunch of other friends are taking a vacation for a week! My mom said she’d watch my Parakeet/budgie. I never traveled with my budgie until I got it and it was in a small box. We don’t have that box anymore, and I just thought if it is ok to keep my budgie in her cage and just put a blanket over it. I have heard people have done this before, but I just wanted to make sure. And there is no point in buying a traveling cage/carrier because I never travel with my bird. Any suggestions on what I should do?
January 23rd, 2010 at 9:25 am
Unless it is COLD where you are, just put a light weight cover over your cage to move the bird. That’s mostly so it doesn’t see all those scary light poles and trees "passing your car" as you travel. Your bird will be fine. Enjoy your vacation.
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January 23rd, 2010 at 9:27 am
open the cage, open the window…….bye bye birdie
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January 23rd, 2010 at 9:29 am
This is an easy one! You are right there is no reason to get a travel cage if your cage is portable. Load the cage up into the car, cover her with a towel or sheet after the air is started and off you go. If you take a winter trip then cover her with a blanket when leaving the house putting her into a warm car. Covering her will help her not to be scared. Dump her water for the trip if its a short one or it will get all over everything if its a long trip make a few stops to let her drink or leave her some cut up grapes to munch on.
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personal experience! Picking up a Too in Houston and driving to San Antonio and several other trips after that!
January 23rd, 2010 at 9:31 am
We brought our last quaker that we adopted home like that. No one could touch her at the time, so we didn’t try to make her uncomfortable by removing her from her cage during transport. Make sure your mom doesn’t use those car air-freshener things though. They are dangerous and have even killed some birds. I’m not trying to sound depressing, I would never have thought about car air-freshners if I hadn’t recieved a news letter a while back about them. Transporting her in her cage would probably make your little bird a little more comfortable on her ride. Birds see their cages as their safe place. Sometimes being somewhere unfamiliar will stress them out, so being in her own cage may help lessen that for her. Good luck!!
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owned by 3 quakers and a conure