BirdingGirl

I was inspired by this post from Lowie about birding tips. I just stumbled upon her blog through ChirpTracker and for a 22 year-old she's quite accomplished! Check out the picture of her 300th life bird cake! I haven't even started my life list. I suppose by mining my Blogger tags I could do it pretty easily. It's just a matter of doing it... I've noticed some nice blog widgets for life lists. Anyone have a favorite? Definitely check out Lowie's post, which is very well-written and clearly outlines how and why you should be doing certain things to get started in birding. Here's my own list of tips I put together for Stephanie, one of my readers from the Cape. 1. Find your motivation: Start a blog and/or join a bird list site like http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ , http://massbird.org/ , or http://birdstack.com/ . Having a specific goal like adding to your life list or getting great pictures for your blog will really get you motivated to keep up with the hobby ...