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Anyone else interested in this?
Perhaps it could use it's own board if people want it and someone knows how.
I don't know any other blind people that do bird watching / have a bird hobby of any kind, but I imagine there must be. Bird watching - at least in the Pacific Northwest - is primarily done with sound. I've also raised some birds as pets, and used to call them a blind man's fish bowl. You know, presents the same relaxed atmosphere that sighted people say fish do, plus you can beef up their environment like you do with fish. I'd propose making a board that would include both domestic and wild birds. I have found there are unique challenges to raising domestic birds, at least for me, being blind. Be nice to see what others have done.
On the Wild Bird side, every area's different, and has it's own populations of species with their unique challenges for conservation, habitat, etc. as well as conflicts with domesticated pets. Anyway, if there's anyone interested and knows how to make a board maybe something could be set up.
Well I don't know much about starting a board but I love birds and love to identify them. I moved to Oregon 2 years ago and am still trying to learn the different bird species here. I knew many in Ohio but not as many here. I have had parakeets, cockateals, *however that is spelled* and an african Gray parrot and I love them.
My preference is for canaries, although I've had a lovebird and several other species. Canaries, of course, won't sit on your finger as will a Cockatiel or lovebird, but they have an awesome song.
Oregon is a great place to live for birds, whether you're in the coastal areas, the Wilamette Valley, the mountains or Eastern Oregon. Look up Audubon Society of Portland for a start, but you can also find bird sound wave files on the net. There is, or was, a site for those, but I've misplaced it.
I no longer have pet birds, too much other stuff going on to constantly be working on cleaning up the seeds, etc., so I just put up bird feeders. My wife wants a bird bath, so I'll probably install that too. We have a pretty large squirrel and hawk population, but I don't know about cats here - they are in fact the true menace of songbird populations since cats are native to Asia and not the Americas or Europe.
Anyway hope you enjoy the birds in your new area ...
Hi.
I have got a discussion group called blind birders.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blind_birders
Feel free to subscribe if you like.
To subscribe by email send a bland email to blind_birders-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
You will get an email with instructions.
You can subscribe only by email which is accessible but if you can subscribe through the web with a sighted assistance with the captcha you will have access to our files area with bird recordings that me and other members uploaded. And you can upload you own, add links, add photos etc.
But we discuss more wild birds than pet birds and also most members are europeen from England mainly so it would be good to have some American members as well and learn about the different birds there.
Hello, I shall.
I already have a gmail account, and so can subscribe easily enough online - the files area of Google Groups is quite cool.
Look forward to this ...
My group is not a google group but a yahoo one.
I never tried google groups actually.
But i will be happy to see you a member.
Feel free to join.
I've been interested in birdwatching, since I find listening to birds, (especially now that it is spring), to be very peaceful. There is a course through the Hadley school that teaches people how to identify different bird calls, or something. Maybe I should look at taking that.
I may have to look at that. Are they an online community college or something?
Interesting; I've never seen them written up in Audubon forums, always looking for a new way to learn bird sounds, especially if you can do it relative to your geographic area. I was cutting down some trees and shrubbery when I heard some new ones I could not identify. It's nice if they have a repository; I shall look into this, thanks.
No, the site you want to look at for the course about birdsong is:
www.hadley.edu
Ah, I see. The bird course appears, at least from the description,to be more of an intro to birds and nature sounds.
I did find a gardening seminar on there, so that should help. My wife thought she might want to garden, but now basically doesn't, so I might get into it. I've already been doing demolition to all the old bushes, stumps and stuff. So, I may use Craigslist and Freecycle to get some plants to transplant, at least to see how well it works.
Anyway, thanks for the info, nice to find out these things are out there.