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At any time of year, dawn is the best time to be out for the next few hours.
If it is a tidal area then a couple of hours before high tide so you can be in position for the birds coming in with the tide.
If it is roost watching then a couple of hours before dark.
Enjoy your watching
burhinus
If it is a tidal area then a couple of hours before high tide so you can be in position for the birds coming in with the tide.
If it is roost watching then a couple of hours before dark.
Enjoy your watching
burhinus
IanF
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I find that early morning is definitely the best time to see most birds as they come onto feed after the night time roost. Also I find 1.00pm-2.00pm is a pretty good time to see them both in the garden and in the wild. I suppose feeding patterns may vary, but my experience is that birds do seem to have feeding frenzies throughout the day. Afternoons I find are quiet.
I have often found that an hour after first light and an hour before last light are the most productive.....which makes sense as they wake up pretty hungry and also need to feed up for the night (a bit like me).
Andy B
Andy B
El Annie
The morning is probably the best time since the birds are getting their food and trying to get their work done for the new day. They do a bit more eating and working in the late afternoon/evening. The midday/early afternoon is usually the quietest since they are basically 'hiding' from the larger birds and other predators. Besides staying out of the sun, etc., in warmer weather/areas.
The morning is probably the best time since the birds are getting their food and trying to get their work done for the new day. They do a bit more eating and working in the late afternoon/evening. The midday/early afternoon is usually the quietest since they are basically 'hiding' from the larger birds and other predators. Besides staying out of the sun, etc., in warmer weather/areas.
BirdWatcher
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I have the best luck with feeder birds starting around 7AM. Then I get waves of feeding during the day, usually about 1:30PM and again at 3:30PM and again around an hour before dusk.
For Owls I start looking now about 4PM, which is an hour before dusk.
In the summer, when the resident Red-Tailed Hawks are nesting and their young are about to fledge, I set up my spotting scope between 8PM to 9PM to watch the nestlings trying out and exercising their wings in the thermals.
For duckwatching, really anytime. But I try to choose a time when there is less wind and some sun. Otherwise the ducks will have their heads tucked under their wings.
Birdwatcher
For Owls I start looking now about 4PM, which is an hour before dusk.
In the summer, when the resident Red-Tailed Hawks are nesting and their young are about to fledge, I set up my spotting scope between 8PM to 9PM to watch the nestlings trying out and exercising their wings in the thermals.
For duckwatching, really anytime. But I try to choose a time when there is less wind and some sun. Otherwise the ducks will have their heads tucked under their wings.
Birdwatcher
Tim_in_indiana
Well-known member
El Annie,
I also find birds feed early. I have been scouting out some new territory this Winter so I might have time to attack it in the Spring
. I plan on getting to some choice spots before the birds rise and wait quietly. I bought a camo pancho and have a cushion to make things easier.
The folks around here are much more hi tech, but I'm still new at this. If I can sit quietly, I might actually get some good pictures.
Tim
I also find birds feed early. I have been scouting out some new territory this Winter so I might have time to attack it in the Spring
. I plan on getting to some choice spots before the birds rise and wait quietly. I bought a camo pancho and have a cushion to make things easier.The folks around here are much more hi tech
, but I'm still new at this. If I can sit quietly, I might actually get some good pictures.Tim
