Bird Watching

The concerned people who are involved in bird watching in Uttarakhand or which is apparently known as ‘birding’ are primarily bulks of eager ornithologists or pleasure craving holidaymakers who are referred to as ‘birders’.

The phenomenon of scrutinizing the avian creatures by the aid procured by the naked eye or a device that augments the vision like a binocular is known as bird watching. The prominent bird watching centers in Uttarakhand are: -

Corbett National Park

Rajaji National Park

Asag Barrage

Most of the bird watching activity is chiefly witnessed during the spring season in the zones that are blessed with the temperate climate. It is in the midst of this season, that the superb migratory birds make there way to the southern or northern plains in search of cozy nests.

The birders get ready with their cameras and other devices at crack of dawn as it serves to be the pre-eminent time to look out for exotic birds owing to the fact that the birds venture out in search of food.

‘Sea watching’ is also considered to be a major appendage of bird watching as it principally involves a lot of traveling on the birder’s end because they head towards the peninsula in search of birds.

Photography has always been regarded as a very integral element with reference to bird watching. Hence latest state of the art cameras, digital cameras and the good old binoculars in accordance with a modernized telescope have revolutionized the entire concept of bird watching.