Live Life Team
Amongst amateurs, one of the most widely-known activities throughout the Western world is bird watching. Proletarians greatly spend most of their time alfresco and have the keenest interest towards nature’s developments. One of the fields of birds’ observation is to recognise the migrating birds and to estimate their number as well. It necessitates good skills in recognising diverse birds from the voices/sounds they produce and their appearances as well. An observer must have optical instruments used for magnifying, capturing, and storing distant images, such as digital cameras, telescopes, spyglasses, and a recent book reference on birds.
In order to observe migration, a peaceful place away from any disturbances is required. Some of the most expedient points are on dunes or hills, in wide fields or at the seacoast, and in turrets or any open area. The Curonian Spit is a great site for observation of a range of birds. The most eminent Dune of Parnidis near Nida, which is referred as “Solar Clock Dune” by some ornithologists, is recently becoming famous for this function. During spring, at the start of March, the earliest migrating birds have reached Lithuania already. At the end of May, the remaining migrant birds fly to their breeding places.
Almost half of the million birds migrate to the south in the daytime in active autumn migration. In the migration process, one can watch ten thousands of diverse pipits, starlings, larks, tits, finches, and etc. During the early spring, particular daylight migrants include small warblers, cranes, and curlews. Curonian Spit is also considered as a spectacular spot to watch birds, including the red-legged falcon, peregrine falcon, and pink starling.
