It does? See if somebody comes down to take a look at us. After years of chanting "me want cookie," Cookie Monster was given a new diet in 2005: fruits and vegetables. Through the years I have seen thisbirders care and that is good. You know, robin, cardinal, but everything from there and be familiar with their local park. And the urban park rangers were in charge of doing education in the parks. OK, that said, where can I locate a copy of your newsletter so I can give it a read? See the parula? You know, were all taught, We go into nature, be quiet. Just because the birds dont seem afraid is not a good sign. Good to see you. I got to like birding because its an intellectual battle. Birding: Here's why many birds bob their heads He is joined in leading the walks by Deborah Allen, a noted New York City bird and nature photographer. We should tweet this out. wanted to cut government spending to PBS, and thus "Sesame Street. You cannot go birding in the park and not have experiences with Bob. Birding Bob knows how to find the birds of New York City. Lets try interaction call, maybe. Theyre very successful in the park. He watches the birds soar in the clouded sky. read more, I'm new to birding and had a fabulous time on Bob's walks. Yes like a dorito. No, thats not even I dont know. Having fun at parks, seeing the birds that are there, theyll like that. Note: John Confer used the all caps style in his post. Bird eyes are huge the eye of the ostrich is 2 inches across, the largest eye of any land animal. Everyone could see the bird, but Bob played the song to the bird to deliberately bring it out of the lake, and it ended up in the middle of the road, trying to work out what the noise was coming from the bluetooth speaker he'd put there. So we make bird watchers of many peopleand in the big picture that good far outweighs the worry some birders have about what I am doingBy the way, that guy birding bob (me) has a PhD in evolutionary biology with many publications on North American birds as well as birds in Nepal, Thailand and Malaysia, I wrote up an entire issue of my (almost) weekly Newsletter on the use of sound to attract birds, please have a look and I think your fears will be eased: https://www.birdingbob.com/post/sound-ethical-birding-comments-from-scientists. Most people seemed to be regulars on the walk, and as some people were retirees, the pace of the walk was fairly leisurely. Maybe its that robin. Yeah, its not even a flycatcher. Thats a leaf. This bird is very close. I do recall banding that caused perhaps two fatalities.