Etienne Marais revisits this popular theme and explores the psychology of birding via a deep dive into all the different ways birding turns us on! The webinar explores different prototypes of birders and the many different ways humans can fit birding into their own personal mindset. What kind of birder are you? Our senses play a key role in how we bird, and we explore mental models and approaches to better harness our senses and become more successful and better birders. And with motivation running high, our cognition can fool us into making birding mistakes!! We also explore the deep psychological and spiritual benefits of birding as an activity. Etienne argues that birding can bring us a full circle back to our roots as humans forged in nature, a primaeval place where we can connect with our deeper selves.
Additional Details
Webinar link - https://meet.google.com/yrx-jrfw-kpp
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Event platform - google_meet
Interaction
Please ask your question and give comments in the chat. We will pick them up at the end of the presentation.
Organizer
Etienne Marais has been birding for half a century and thinks deeply about the experience of improving ones birding skills and how to empower people at all levels to be better birders. Etienne has been involved with the addition of 4 species onto the Southern African regional list – two of which no-one else has seen to date.