Ideas to Celebrate Bird Day

With Bird Day only a short time away, we need to be thinking about ideas to celebrate such a special day. It is a day set aside just to appreciate our feathered friends. So what kinds of things can we do? I have a list here just to have a little fun for Bird Day, May 4^th.

• Read a book about birds. Any kind of book will do, a novel that includes birds, a biology book that helps you understand more about the behavior and history of birds, even a memoir of a famous bird watcher.
• Learn new and interesting facts about birds. Backyard Bird World offers you some good options to learn more.
• Listen to recordings of bird songs and calls. See if you can identify bird sounds in your own yard.
• Do some bird watching. See how many birds you can identify. Use the list Common Backyard Birds if you like, or make a list for yourself.
• Add a new bird house or bird feeder to your backyard. Or, clean and refill a bird feeder you already have. Make sure you take care of those birds who share your world.
• Watch a video or movie about the activities of birds.

If you have children, you can adjust these kinds of activities to match their ages. Even make drawings of birds and color them in with your children.

Bird Day is all about celebrating the feathered creatures that share our world. So setting aside some special time just to appreciate them is a great activity for May 4^th. But, it's also a time to enjoy ourselves. Pick a fun activity and celebrate Bird Day this year.

What is Bird Day?

There seems to be some confusion are the day known as Bird Day. Because there is another day called National Bird Day. Are they the same? What are we supposed to be celebrating for these days? Well, let me take some of the confusion away.

First, on May 4th, Bird Day is celebrated. It was chosen by a school principal for his students to go outside and appreciate the wild birds. Sounds like a good idea to me. I love just watching and listening to the birds in my backyard.

Then there is a day, January 5th, that's called National Bird Day. Well, first of all you can't use the term National unless an Act of Congress has deemed the day that officially. Problem is there is no evidence of such a day. But, the name persists, so it works out as a good way to differentiate the two days. But, this day in January is pretty different itself.

January's bird day is meant to make us aware of the plight of captive birds in the pet industry. The same thing as puppy mills and kitten farms, birds are horribly treated by those people only interested in the profit of raising and selling pet birds.

The next time you want to enjoy the world of your backyard birds, you will certainly want to celebrate in the spring, not in January.