How Birding Became a Go-To Quarantine Hobby

Becoming a birder taught me the art of seeing what I’m looking at

Photo by John Duncan on Unsplash

You know that feeling you get when you say a word over and over until it becomes so strange you can’t help but laugh? That’s how I feel about birds.

The idea of brightly colored singing machines whizzing through the air, gathering on telephone wires, and…