Provide suet in the winter to attract meat-eaters. Keep a daily record of the birds seen at your feeder. Over the years it becomes interesting to try and predict when the juncos first appear in winter or the red-winged blackbirds return for the summer. Recording data such as arrival and departure dates is called phenology. A variety of careers are available to people interested in birds.
Ornithologists are people who study birds.
Biologists and naturalists study the connection between birds and people, assist others in understanding the role of birds in the world and help people learn to identify birds. Most ornithologists, biologists and naturalists have a college degree. Create a feeding station with a watering source. Remember to feed birds from the first snowfall until spring. Suet should be placed only from November to the last frost in the spring.