Behind the Lens

a blog every Friday on a specific species of animal or bird and stories of photos

Search for a specific species, genre or even a location or use the directory for a complete list of species I have photographed and written about till date.

Listen to my TEDx talk.

Bird Photography, Wildlife Siddhartha Mukherjee Bird Photography, Wildlife Siddhartha Mukherjee

Bird Watching or Twitching

Birdwatching can bring a lot of joy, peace, and relaxation to any wildlife enthusiast, and provide a sense of excitement when seeing something new. Every experience of seeing a new bird provides a rush to the birder that one can only feel by doing something they love.

A twitcher however, is a type of birder who seeks to add as many species as possible to their life list, often without detailed or long-term observation of individual birds. Instead, twitchers are often characterised as being satisfied only with achieving a confirmed identification as quickly as possible. These types of birders are regularly associated with poor birding ethics, though that generalisation does not apply universally to every twitcher and only serves to promote controversy and discord about this type of birding.

#wildartworks, #Canon, #Bird, #Birdinginthewild, #BirdWatching, #WildBirds, #naturephotography, #your_best_birds, #planetbirds, #earthcapture, #photo_pond, #earthpix, #naturyst, #conservationphotography, #wildlifeonearth, #bbcearth, #natgeowild, #natgeoindia, @awpc.hk, #animalsofinstagram, @globalcapture, #Twitching, #Twitcher, #Ethics, #Chasing

Read More