I once was a “very busy person” who didn’t have time for birds. That would include not time for feeding, nor birding, or even taking time to attend to bird songs. Some days I just wouldn’t pay them – birds – any notice.
My wife, on the other hand, IS Mother Nature – having time for the vegetable gardens, the flower gardens, the trees, shrubs, lawn, bushes . . and birds. Bird feeders. Platform bird feeders. Pole bird feeders. Hanging bird feeders. Ground feeding birds . . and . . did I mention we have wild turkeys to feed that visit our abundant backyard? (Topic for another time.)
So now I’m evolving, some might say, to a more natural way of living by finding time for the birds. I built a platform bird feeder. I built a birdhouse. I mounted several bird houses. I even put out seed.
Heck, I even went on an official birding tour or hike or adventure. Sure, I didn’t risk life or limb, so as adventures go it was rather tame. But it was peaceful, enjoyable, educational, enlightening and, I hesitate to say (admit?), deepened my appreciate for birds, birdsong, birders and the birds themselves.
So, yes, to those for whom there is no time for nature I say slow down and listen tomorrow morning.
Do birds sing to you in the morning? Is there a nicer sound to starting the day.
Yes, leisure is for the birds.