Mindful birding

intentional use of birding for cultivating mindfulness.

Anyone who has been entranced by seeing a murmuration (a phenomenon in which a flock of birds, sometimes thousands of individuals strong, flies in perfect harmony as one shifting, undulating mass)

has had a taste of the wonder and grace available in such moments.

These kinds of experiences can connect us with the present moment, and the gentleness and appreciation.

https://shambhala.org/community/blog/the-art-of-mindful-birding/

@holon42 This morning there was an ENORMOUS flock of vultures wheeling over our neighborhood. Easily a hundred birds.