Research found that participants who were expert bird watchers showed “differences in both brain structure and brain activity.”

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      22 days ago

      Unfortunately it seems to be the “expert” thing that’s important, even more than the “bird watching” thing. As it turns out, training your brain for hundreds or thousands of hours over the course of years is good for it.

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        21 days ago

        The number of times I’ve taken a picture of a bird in Merlin to identify a bird and it spits back “House sparrow” or “House finch” for the umpteenth time. I think I have bird blindness. Unless it’s an obvious one, I have no idea what I’m looking at.

        That thumbnail for a “bird watching” post is funny.