Thanks for Visiting 1. Explain the need for bird study and why birds are useful indicators of the quality of the environment. Birds have always fascinated man, primarily because of their ability to fly. As a result, birds are common subjects in art and mythology, and are often used as symbols of power and authority.
Birds are also important economically.
I'm sure you've probably enjoyed eating chicken, turkey and eggs. You might have even tasted duck, pheasant or grouse. Bird study is important because they're are lots of things still to be discovered about them. The Gunnison Sage Grouse, found in Colorado, is that bird. Birders like yourself have helped scientists by banding birds and recording populations in surveys, Christmas Bird Counts and through such programs as Project Feederwatch, sponsored by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.