pete_gamby
Birds? What Birds?!
USFWS Survey 2016: More Birders Than Hunters?
Just found that the preliminary data from the USFSW survey was published in August (bit slow on the uptake here!).
The data in the report always seems to go against what I hear both on forums and in conversation when I'm in the US.
The numbers that stood out for me are the 45 million total bird observers (page 8) compared to 11 million hunters (page 6). And the $1.8 billion spent on binos and scopes by wildlife watchers (page 17) seems an extraordinary amount but is only $385 per person on average with 4.8 million people buying.
Enjoy:
https://wsfrprograms.fws.gov/subpages/nationalsurvey/national_survey.htm
Pete
Just found that the preliminary data from the USFSW survey was published in August (bit slow on the uptake here!).
The data in the report always seems to go against what I hear both on forums and in conversation when I'm in the US.
The numbers that stood out for me are the 45 million total bird observers (page 8) compared to 11 million hunters (page 6). And the $1.8 billion spent on binos and scopes by wildlife watchers (page 17) seems an extraordinary amount but is only $385 per person on average with 4.8 million people buying.
Enjoy:
https://wsfrprograms.fws.gov/subpages/nationalsurvey/national_survey.htm
Pete