As the hobby soars in popularity, there’s an increase in calls for birders to help preserve the wildlife they love watching
Elcock is the rare birder who is also a hunter. “I’m paying about $60 a year for my [hunting] license and taxes, and I haven’t had to pay anything like that for photography. I think there could be a fair way to set up some sort of fee structure for that,” he says.
Because birders like Elcock and Yousuf excel at capturing their subjects, some believe bird populations are on the rise and don’t need protection. But Şekercioğlu explains, “Watchers are looking hard, using better technology and in some cases better guides to help tease out the birds that are harder to see. It’s artificially creating the impression that the population is not declining.”entrance fees to use parks that are maintained by the state or federal government.
a tax—similar to the one hunters pay on weapons and ammunition—on binoculars, birdseed, feeders, field guides, and other accessories. He believes one answer to the conservation-funding dilemma is the Duck Stamp. The federal program, maintained by U.S. Fish & Wildlife, was established during the Great Depression to mitigate the widespread destruction of wetlands, which are home to
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