America’s real pastime: bird-watching

By BILL CLARK Special to the Tribune

The National Football League claims to be "America’s Game" today, but it is a distant second to America’s real game - bird-watching!

To the NFL fan, watching means a beer, nachos, a comfortable chair and a TV remote to eliminate any hint of physical activity.

To the birder, watching means getting on two feet then walking anywhere from a few yards to several miles, battling the heat, cold, snow, sun, poison ivy, ticks and America’s bird - the mosquito.

There are more birders - well over 50 million - than football couch potatoes, and they are 100 percent more active and productive. They find their beauty in birds, not in Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders.

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America’s real pastime: bird-watching

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