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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zackiedawg" data-source="post: 1892676" data-attributes="member: 88126">I've got a feeling I'd be in for a bit of a surprise if I went birding in some countries.  Being in the tropics in Florida and throughout the Caribbean, birding has no special wardrobe requirements.  You can pretty much walk to within 10 feet of nearly any bird species dressed in hot pink with green spots if you wanted to, as the birds are rather accustomed to living among people and very closely.  I've never taken any special care to wear specific clothes while out photographing, and most photogs here in Florida do not either.  It's actually a little easier to recognize many visitor photographers in our area, as they do tend to have olive and tan colors, camo hats, camo lenses, etc.A few photos of mine to show how close we get to our birds:<a href="http://www.pbase.com/zackiedawg/image/79681734.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.pbase.com/zackiedawg/image/79681734.jpg</a><a href="http://www.pbase.com/zackiedawg/image/82016427.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.pbase.com/zackiedawg/image/82016427.jpg</a><a href="http://g2.img-dpreview.com/E4BAF11B892A4E248A9299A58EADE790.jpg" target="_blank">http://g2.img-dpreview.com/E4BAF11B892A4E248A9299A58EADE790.jpg</a>As you can see, clothes aren't much of a factor down here!</blockquote>