BIRDWATCHING: WORLD LIST 6000 - 6999

Bird watching

Bird watching is arguably the most widespread popular science in te world with millions of amateur scientists-ornothologists. Birdwatching requires bird pictures for recognition, appropriate sets of bird names and taxonomy, a good bird guide. On this page we have listed the names of birds 6000 - 6999 as part of the complete of the  list of the names of birds of the world. This page has been google optimized for the term "birdwatching" but if you want the species list, you can skip the birdwatching text and go straight to list 6000 - 6999

Birdwatching is practices by millions of families, watching birds feasting at the bird feeders in their gardens, and parent birds flying back and forth to feed the ever-hungry chicks.

As a term, birdwatching was coined in 1901; the term birding, now the equivalent of birdwatching, was originally used for hunting birds. Shakespeare's uses it in "The Merry Wives of Windsor (1602)": "She laments sir... her husband goes this morning a-birding." 

Birdwatching or birding is the visual and auditive observation and study of birds.

Birdwatching is probably most common in the USA, The UK, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Canada, Australia, but in more and more countries birdwatching clubs and associations are getting established.

In the USA, the Audubon Society was  founded to protect birds from hunting for feathers, while the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds began in the UK. The identification of birds, was popularized by the field guides of Roger Tory Peterson, who published books for i.a. Nothern America, Europe and Mexico.

The Audubon Society was against the killing of birds as was practiced by the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). While collecting specimens is still being practices, nowadays, the vast majority of data come from observation (including autitive) and "catch and release" with mist nets.

Some birdwatchers will look out for birds all the time, but the majority of recreational birdwatchers, simply enjoy birdwatching from their windows and on a laisurely stroll during the weekend, and only occasionally go on a real "birding" with their local birdwatching club.

The most active times of the year for birding in temperate zones are during the spring or fall migrations when the greatest variety of birds may be seen. On these occasions, large numbers of birds travel north or south to wintering or nesting locations. Early mornings are typically better as the birds are more active and vocal making them easier to spot.

Large national and continental organizations concerned with birdwatching include the British Trust for Ornithology, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in the United Kingdom, the National Audubon Society in the United States, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the American Birding Association in North America (USA and Canada), Vogelbescherming in the Netherlands, etc. Many countries and smaller regions (states/provinces) have "rarities committees" to check, accept or reject reports of rare birds made by birders.

Equipment commonly used for birdwatching includes binoculars, a spotting scope with tripod, an ipod with bird calls, and one or more field guides. Hides or observation towers are often used to conceal the birdwatchers from birds, while improving birdwatching comfort.