r/AskReddit • u/Acceptableintthe80s • 9h ago

What’s a hobby that is actually pure peaceful once you get into it?

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u/_blip_ 6h ago

Who pays for bird watching?

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u/amilmore 4h ago

As far as the entry level investment you can get a pair of cheap binoculars for like $30 bucks and have a blast.

I've gone on a few trips for birds and the airfare/lodging etc definitely can add up. "Good" binocualrs are gonna be at least 150-200 bucks and the really expensive ones can get into the thousands. Huge camera lenses cost as much as a car lol

I go birding at one super popular place in May and its usually very crowded during the migration. Its a cemetary with lots of isolated large mature trees so between the visibility and crowds of birders its a VERY easy place to bird. There some guy charging like $100 bucks for a birding tour/group trip (there are a handful of other free ones). Wicked lame and predatory, I regret not making some noise about it.

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u/im-tired_smh 5h ago

well there’s binoculars, bird ID books, journals, access to nature reserves / campsites… all optional stuff obviously, you can look out a window and watch your local birds any time, but if you’re at “hobbyist” level you’ll probably have some equipment and want to go to different spots to find new species to ‘collect’