Ambassadors: Why the regular morning birdwalk may be one of the most important things we birders do

摘要

The parking lot at the Nature Conservancy's Cape May Migratory Preserve was bustling. Given the hour, the activity was incongruous. Two miles away, at the town's B&Bs, most vacationers were still in bed or just sitting down to breakfast.But here, people were rummaging through trunks, cramming granola bars into mouths, familiarizing themselves with loaner binoculars, or just waiting for order to be established. I was one of those standing around. I was also, as the Monday-morning birdwalk's official leader, the one responsible for establishing order.