scholarly journals Bird Watching-Indoors

Blue Jay ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thelma Pepper
Keyword(s):  
Bird Watching

Sustainable tourism planning in Bahía Solano, Colombia

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-176
Author(s):  
Gabriela Antošová ◽  
Ivan Dario Medina Rojas ◽  
Mauricio Peralta Mejía ◽  
Helmuth Yesid Arias Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Social Innovation ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Tourism Planning ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
Marine Area ◽  
Bird Watching ◽  
Enormous Amount ◽  
Water Sports

AbstractThe municipality of Bahía Solano possesses important tourist attractions. The majority of them consist of natural wonders such as whale, dolphin and bird watching. Its marine area offers diving courses, all types of fishing, surfing, other water sports etc. The enormous amount of natural wealth stands in contrast to the lack of local development and the high rate of poverty among its inhabitants. Bahía Solano has enviable tourist professions but a low level of competition. This research proposes a methodology of social innovation, elaborated by researchers, that involves nature, communities and tour operators, where a connection of surveys with the expectations and perceptions of the different entities (inhabitants, tourists, and tour operators) has been obtained.

Use of reclaimed water in the recreation and restoration of aquatic ecosystems: practical experience in the Costa Brava region (Girona, Spain)

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Sala ◽  
S. Romero de Tejada
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Ecosystems ◽  
Reclaimed Water ◽  
Environmental Water ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Indirect Benefits ◽  
Water Demands ◽  
Bird Watching ◽  
Trophic Webs ◽  
Costa Brava ◽  
Practical Recommendations

Where there is water scarcity, the situation is dramatic for aquatic ecosystems. In many Mediterranean basins the exploitation of water resources has gone clearly beyond renewable level and affects aquatic ecosystems. Thus, they may benefit from the recycling of high-quality effluents that can be used to cope with environmental water demands instead of being discharged. Their reclamation with natural technologies produces an improvement in quality based on the development of trophic webs built upon nutrients still dissolved in the reclaimed water. The main project in the Costa Brava area is that of the Empuriabrava constructed wetland system, where nitrified effluent is further treated to reduce the concentration of nutrients in the water and is reused for environmental enhancement. This facility is also an interesting site for bird-watching. Other projects where water recycling produces indirect benefits on the aquatic ecosystems are those in Tossa de Mar, affecting the “temporary” Tossa Creek (a watercourse which flows on temporary basis according to rainfall patterns), and in the Aro Valley, affecting the also “temporary”, but slightly bigger, Ridaura River. This document summarizes these projects and proposes practical recommendations for the use of treated effluents in the recreation and restoration of aquatic ecosystems.

scholarly journals Economic and Conservation Potential of Bird-Watching Tourism in Postconflict Colombia

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 194008291773386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela ◽  
R. Scott Winton
Keyword(s):  
Bird Watching

scholarly journals Bird watching

Nature ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 368 (6467) ◽  
pp. 111-112
Author(s):  
Sara J. Shettleworth
Keyword(s):  
Bird Watching

scholarly journals Environment carrying capacity and willingness to pay for bird-watching ecotourism in Kerandangan Natural Park, Lombok, Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
I Wayan Suana ◽  
Hilman Ahyadi ◽  
Gito Hadiprayitno ◽  
Saleh Amin ◽  
Lalu Achmad Tan Tilar Wangsajati Sukmaring Kalih ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Contingent Valuation Method ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Observation Point ◽  
Valuation Method ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Bird Watching ◽  
Guest House ◽  
The Status

Abstract. Suana IW, Ahyadi H, Hadiprayitno G, Amin S, Kalih LATTWS, Sudaryanto FX. 2020. Environment carrying capacity and willingness to pay for bird-watching ecotourism in Kerandangan Natural Park, Lombok, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 21: 2266-2274.  Five trails of interest to bird-watchers and an observation point by the guest house of Kerandangan Natural Park (KNP) have potential to be developed as bird-watching ecotourism packages. In order to develop sustainable bird-watching ecotourism in KNP, we analyzed the environment carrying capacity and willingness to pay (WTP) for bird-watching ecotourism packages. All of the trails and an observation point in KNP were explored to determine the width and length of the trails, the visit time, as well as the soil texture and slope along the trails. Interviews with KNP managers and secondary data from Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Council (BMKG)-Climatology Station Class I-West Lombok were also used to determine the status of biophysical habitats. The environment carrying capacity was calculated by combining the physical carrying capacity, real carrying capacity, and effective carrying capacity. The results show that environment carrying capacity of bird-watching ecotourism packages in KNP was higher than the actual visitation levels. It indicates that opportunity to develop and increase the number of visitors is considerable. WTP was determined by Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) with payment card approach. Through the brochure, 150 respondents were given information on bird-watching ecotourism packages, then are offered three options, and only allowed to choose one that can be paid. Data were collected by the incidental sampling method. The results show that the visitors are willing to pay for bird-watching ecotourism packages, with mean WTP of US$ 20.7 per visitor. It implies that they are willing to shoulder the financial support for management and conservation of birds and their habitat in KNP. The findings provide important information for KNP managers for planning and marketing bird-watching ecotourism in KNP.

Bird-Watching by the Numbers

1998 ◽  
Vol 278 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-93
Author(s):  
Shawn Carlson
Keyword(s):  
Bird Watching

Green Cities as Bird Watching Destinations

2020 ◽  
pp. 262-275
Author(s):  
David Newsome ◽  
Greg Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Bird Watching ◽  
Green Cities

Birding in Traffic

2020 ◽  
pp. 20-22
Author(s):  
Jonathan Rosen
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
City Parks ◽  
Bird Watching ◽  
Union Square

This chapter describes how the author took a subway to Union Square Park to see a bird they had never seen. The bird, a Scott's oriole, had been noted intermittently behind the statue of Mohandas Gandhi since December, though it took birders several weeks to figure out that it was not in fact an orchard oriole — which would have been unusual enough for winter in Manhattan. Scott's oriole is a bird of the Southwest and has never been recorded in New York. The chapter then discusses the point of bird-watching. “Nature” is not necessarily elsewhere. It is the person holding the binoculars, as much as the bird in the tree, and it is the intersection of these two creatures. Birding in city parks evokes much the same sensation. The parks, and the cities around them, may be human-made, but the wildlife that flashes through is no less real.

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