{"id":2107,"date":"2023-10-10T10:32:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T14:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbannaturestore.blog\/?p=2107"},"modified":"2023-10-10T10:32:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T14:32:26","slug":"mental-health-benefits-of-birdwatching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/2023\/10\/10\/mental-health-benefits-of-birdwatching\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Health Benefits of Birdwatching"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Birdwatching is a good healthy hobby.\u00a0 People living in neighbourhoods with trees, shrubs, and birds suffer less from anxiety and depression.\u00a0 Spending one hour each day walking in a nearby park or conservation area will lower your stress level.\u00a0 This will calm your mind and offer you an escape from your daily life.\u00a0 Spending more time indoors increases stress.\u00a0 Nature invites you to enter into a quieter world to enjoy the natural beauty around you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are many health benefits associated with birdwatching.\u00a0 It will relax you resulting in lower blood pressure and heart rate.\u00a0 It also improves cardiovascular health.\u00a0 Walking through green spaces and woodlots is great exercise.\u00a0 Your patience will also improve.\u00a0 Birdwatching doesn\u2019t always offer instant gratification. Your senses will also benefit by taking time to stop, listen and watch for activity in the bushes and shrubs around you.\u00a0 This will\u00a0 teach you to be more alert to your surroundings by keeping your eyes and ears open.\u00a0 There should be no distractions while bird watching.\u00a0 Put phones on silent mode and do not listen to music.\u00a0 Enjoy the sounds of nature.\u00a0 Birdwatching is not an actual form of meditation, but it\u2019s pretty close. Be silent, watch and listen.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For those of us working from home, situate your desk next to a window facing the backyard or a favourite part of your garden.\u00a0 Set up a birdfeeder, or sprinkle some seed where you can easily view the birding activity.\u00a0\u00a0Avoid background noise such as the news.\u00a0 Try listening to the bird songs instead.\u00a0 This will make you smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Birdwatching is drawing a variety of age groups. This is a great activity for all ages, young and old.  It\u2019s also a learning tool for families with young children.  It helps the young to develop a concern for the environment and caring for animals.  You may also meet other people with the same interest.  Think of this as making new friends the old fashioned way.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Urban Nature Store is a proud founding supporter of the Birder Brain Project<\/a>.\u00a0This initiative aims to share tips on how to use birding to improve your own mental and physical health and facilitate birders sharing their stories and experiences with fellow birders.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Birdwatching is a good healthy hobby.\u00a0 People living in neighbourhoods with trees, shrubs, and birds suffer less from anxiety and depression.\u00a0 Spending one hour each day walking in a nearby park or conservation area will lower your stress level.\u00a0 This will calm your mind and offer you an escape from your daily life.\u00a0 Spending more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[48,60,109,76,30,17,31],"class_list":["post-2107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uns-birding-blog","tag-birdbath","tag-birdwatching","tag-mentalhealth","tag-unsbirds","tag-unsblogs","tag-urbannaturestore","tag-winterbirds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.mppdev.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}