my weekends are filled with bird watching.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Birdwatching, or birding, is a form of wildlife observation in which the observation of birds is a recreational activity or citizen science. It can be done with the naked eye, through a visual enhancement device like binoculars and telescopes, by listening for bird sounds, or by watching public webcams. Birdwatching often involves a significant auditory component, as many bird species are more easily detected and identified by ear than by eye. Most birdwatchers pursue this activity for recreational or social reasons, unlike ornithologists, who engage in the study of birds using formal scientific methods. The first recorded use of the term \"birdwatcher\" was in 1891; \"bird\" was introduced as a verb in 1918. The term \"birding\" was also used for the practice of \"fowling\" or hunting with firearms as in Shakespeare's \"The Merry Wives of Windsor\" (1602): \"She laments sir... her husband goes this morning a-birding.\" The terms \"birding\" and \"birdwatching\" are today used by some interchangeably, although some participants prefer \"birding\", partly because it includes the auditory aspects of enjoying birds. In North America, many birders differentiate themselves from birdwatchers, and the term \"birder\" is unfamiliar to most lay people.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I like birdwatching! It can be a very fun recreational activity or citizen science."}, {"role": "user", "content": "My boss loves it too. I don't know much about it, although I do enjoy seeing unusual birds from time to time. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I like it because you don't necessarily need anything special to birdwatch, unless you would like to buy binoculars or a telescope. But they aren't necessary!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Do you use bird feeders or anything else to attract them? I know some people like to attract hummingbirds to their gardens. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I do! I have a very nice birdfeeder in my yard that my grandfather built. It attracts all kinds of different birds!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "We have one that the squirrels keep getting into!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yep, squirrels will get into the bird food, I guess they enjoy the same things! I enjoy the auditory aspects of birds, their singing etc"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Some have very distinctive songs. I guess when you're really good at this you know the bird just by hearing its song. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Birdwatching has been popular since 1918, but the first recorded use of the term was even earlier - 1891!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I am not too surprised that it goes back that far. In those days there were fewer distractions from technology, LOL!"}]