>From my brother in Seattle...sounds interesting! Subject: The Casual Birder – new documentary airs tonight on PBS > >I thought this might be of interest: >"The Casual Birder - new documentary airs tonight on PBS > >You’ve watched the obsessive birders in “The Big Year.” You’ve seen lives transformed by birding in “The Central Park Effect.” Now, join us as we explore the world of the Casual Birder in a brand new documentary, narrated by Jonathan Franzen. > >The majority of people counted in national surveys as ‘birders’ are part of the unexplored “Casual Birder” category. These people enjoy birds and sometimes identify and report them – but they somehow find time for other priorities. > >We’ll explore the mindset of some of these birders to learn what makes them pursue birding with such occasional interest. How have theymanaged to continue working when a new state bird is publicized on the birding lists? Why are they willing to get a full night’s rest rather than rising before dawn to put in a full day in the field? And how are they able to keep up their not-quite-single-minded focus on a hobby they pursue now and then? > >We’ll talk to casual birders, their friends (who have no idea they have a marginal interest in birds), their spouses and children (never neglected for a bird), and hard-core birders (flummoxed) to sketch a picture of this little-understood sub-culture. > >Airing tonight on PBS (check local listings for times) > > >Matt Bartels >Seattle, WA Molly ThompsonDuluth, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
