Home>>Beginning Birding Howard County Bird Club Beginning Birder Questionnaire We would like to help people improve their birding skills, but we need some information about you so we can develop our material. Please answer the questions below; you can choose more than one answer from the alternatives in the multiple choice questions. Name* Email* When did you start birdwatching? What got you interested in birdwatching? What do you use to look at birds?Naked eyeBinocularsTelescopeCameraOther What resources do you use?Printed field guidesWeb-based identification materialSocial media (like Facebook)An app for smart phones or computersOther Where do you do your birdwatching?Backyard (feeders)NeighborhoodOpen space/county parksCounty lakes and pondsOther What resources would you like to have available?Web pagesVideosField trips for beginnersBeginning birding classesOther When you see an unfamiliar bird, what do you do to to try to identify it?Depend on memoryMake written notesSketch a pictureTake photos or make recordingsOther How to you learn best?PrintVisualMentorOther What kind of help can the Howard County Bird Club provide? CommentsSubmitReset Howard County Bird Club (HCBC) may periodically send you information about HCBC.