Outdoors & Nature
Birdwatching
Identify and track birds in your yard, a park, or on dedicated trips.
Birdwatching can start at your own window with a bird feeder and a phone app for identification, and grows into trips to nature reserves as your list of spotted species grows.
Getting started
A free bird identification app on your phone is enough to start before buying binoculars.
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- outdoor
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- either
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