Letters: For The Birds

That was a splendid article on birding ((LIVING, May 25)), even though you placed too much emphasis on the need to travel. Birding is a sport for the poor as well as the rich, the healthy and the infirm and can be enjoyed in both city and country. There is no other activity to compare.

Dorothy N. Wagner

Cumberland, Me.

Last year, after seeing two birds I could not identify (a great blue heron and a yellow warbler), I went out and bought A Field Guide to Birds. Since then, my social life has become a shambles, my budget goes to the sport, and my mother refuses to drive with me because I watch for birds instead of watching the road.

Debe Becker

New York City

The article on the surge of interest in birding included the observation by Paul Sykes that "the bird can also leave just before you get there." As all birders come to know, there is a corollary to this that says, "After sighting a particular species you have chased for years, three of them will perch on the hood of your car as you start for home."

Carl Perretta

Wallingford, Pa.