European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                When Birds Migrate so do the Bird watchers. Here they Perch at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Kempton pa., to watch flights from Canada to the United states. The birding of America by hollies. Ornstein new York times w Hether to catch the Wood warblers migration to new York s Long Island sound or to View the arrival of red winged blackbirds Al new Jersey s Cape May. Bird watchers these Days Are engaging in their own Spring ritual dusting Oil binoculars purchasing the newest Field guides and filling Bird feeders. More birders than Ever will be out in weeks to come. Some will simply use Spring As a reason to emerge from Winter hibernation. But for Many others notching another species in their logbooks or spotting the White ring around the eyes of the Ruby crowned Kinglet is sheer Joy. Bird watching in fact now attracts an estimated 21 million americans and has become the nation s second most popular passive sport topped Only by gardening according to the National Audubon society. Ii has turned into a multimillion Dollar Industry for the scores of companies that run birding Field trips to far off places and produce everything from heated Birdbaths to software programs that display the shape and markings of Birds on computer screens at Home. People Are cashing in on this Bird  says Christopher w. Leahy assistant director of the Massachusetts Audubon society. There Are incredible Bucks in Bird feeders and Bird books Are big dollars. For retailers of Bird watching paraphernalia this year should be the biggest yet said Pete Dunne director of natural history information Lor the new Jersey Audubon society. He said that group has increased membership 70 percent to 7,200 members in the last three  Bird watchers by the hundreds will be out in a few weeks when the Wood Warbler migration begins said Jean c. Porter director of operations at the National Audubon society Center in Greenwich Conn. The Center is known to attract More than 1,000 birders a Day on Spring weekends. Everyone s on the Lookout it s Spring migration and birders Migrate with the  said Priscilla m. Tucker executive editor of the american birding Assoc lion. Along with the chirping comes a ringing of Cash registers German roof prism binoculars computer software Arctic expeditions and Thistle seeds Are All part of a last growing Industry. Signs of the Bird Boom abound. The number of people on Tours in the metropolitan area has More than doubled since i began Al the american museum of natural history 12 years ago said Stephan c. Quinn a naturalist at the new York museum who leads Bird walks in the metropolitan area. Sales of the audible Audubon an electronic machine that enables Bird watchers to listen to recordings and see pictures of different species have gone up 30 percent since 1981," said Thomas c. Rosenbauer. Public relations director Lor Orvis co. An outdoor gear outfitter. Bird watcher s digest which was begun in 1978 with 2,189 subscribers now has a circulation of More than 55,000. Birders can learn about warblers towhee and tanagers in front of their computer screens or on their portable tape machines. Bird records end cassettes retailing for $5 to $25, Are widely available. And within the last three years software companies have developed computer discs and videos advertised for $24.95 to $125. This is big business. It s a heyday said Charles l. Sullivan president of Boston electronic systems training inc. Of Waltham. Mass. His company last Christmas began publishing software Loaid the hobbyist. A computer disc available from the Massachusetts Audubon society or the Sierra club s Spring Catalon Lor $39.95 teaches the 40 parts of the Bird s body and flashes silhouettes of the 21 orders of North american Birds. Bird watching began moving to the forefront of american hobbies in the 1960s, when environmental awareness was popularized. Back when i was a kid. Bird watching was Lor the wimpy boy scout Type or the eccentric aristocrat said  you see everyone from Harvard students to lawyers in Pinstripe suits Bird watching before going to the  one such enthusiast is a. Richard Turner a forme Dean of the arts and sciences Al new York universe and now a professor there who is on sabbatical at Princeton University. Instead of taking the direct route to Princeton he said he has recently begun cutting through the new Jersey Woods with binoculars in hand. I gel very excited when a Wood Duck goes Over he said. Of. Do i have Spring  a photo Jerram and Esther Brown have documented the habits of mexican jays since 1969. Saturday May 3, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 13