Hoffman Bird Club, Massachusetts USA by Zoom : Request Link

With Faraaz Abdool

How is casual birding different from regular birding? Suppose you’re already a casual birder? It’s possible! Casual birding is the art of passive observation. Casual birding is listening to birds but not listening for birds. The most important aspect of it is shedding the chase.

We’re aware of birding, the action of viewing wild birds in their natural habitat. Casual birding is effectively that, but without the chase.

It is passively observing birds as both the observer and the observed go about their daily lives as normal. It can be done before your eyes open in the morning, on your commute, literally anywhere. It is an exercise in patience, and a journey to become truly open.

Casual Birding is a meditative, reverential exercise with no end as the process is far more important than the destination. The effects of this practice are wide-ranging and can even usher in a new form of self-actuated environmental activism. It is building a sense of presence via a simple, unique method – and it is all led by the birds.

Program is in Eastern Time