Issues Of The Environment: Bird Watching Grows In Popularity During Pandemic
Overview 2020 has been a slow year for many industries, but hobbies like bird watching--safely be accomplished while mask-wearing and social distancing--have gotten a huge boost. Sales of birding supplies, like binoculars, feeders, field guides, etc... are stronger than ever. Not only are there more birders out there this year, birding in Southeast Michigan in 2020 is better than usual due to an irruption year, where many species not normally found in our region have been sighted, due to optimal nesting success and an ensuing expansion of population territory. The influx of new birders...
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