Study finds 20 percent of Americans are bird watchers
Jul 24th, 2009 by wwftravel
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One in five Americans consider themselves bird watchers, according to a new federal study.
More than 48 million Americans—20 percent of the U.S. population—participated in bird watching in 2006, the latest period for which statistics are available. The study, released last week by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, defines a birdwatcher as someone who has “taken a trip one mile or more from home” to observe birds or actively “tried to observe birds around the home.”
WWF tours take you much further afield, to spectacular settings where your species counts can hit triple digits. Here are five of our top upcoming tours for seeing birds:
New Year’s in Panama, December 27, 2009 – January 3, 2010
Rain Forests & Reefs, January 3 – 17, 2010
The Panama Canal and Wonders of Costa Rica, February 13 – 20, 2010
The Amazon Voyage, March 19 – 28, 2010
Big Bend National Park, April 15 – 21, 2010