" I've been a birder since I was a little kid, " he said.

" 我从很小时候就爱观察鸟类，" 他。

There is a whole worldwide community of birders.

我们聚集了全球观鸟者群。

We'll hear from birders and researchers who got a glimpse of these moments.

我们将聆听发现这些瞬间观鸟者和研究者描述。

If you're a birder, you may already be familiar with this technology.

如果你是鸟类爱好者，你可能已经熟悉了这项技术。

But for me, even as a pretty experienced ear birder, I really struggle with it.

但对我来，即使是一个经验丰富听鸟者，我也很难会。

In many countries, birders play an important role in spotting changes in bird populations and avian behaviour.

在许多国家，观鸟者在发现鸟类种群和鸟类行为变化方面发挥着重要作用。

Not so unfazed, the birder who posted this video Nicholas Belardes admits, " I teared up" .

但是有人十分激动。将该视频上传到社交鸟类爱好者尼古拉斯·贝拉德斯激动地热泪盈眶。

Shout it from the rooftops Why birders are a rare breed

公开宣布为什么观鸟者很少？

There is, however, a small but growing number of local birders who closely monitor bird migration.

不过，有数量不多但一直增加当地观鸟者在密切监视鸟类迁徙。

Starzynski also says that some birders are very serious about their hobby.

Starzynski 还，一些观鸟者对他们爱好非常认真。

If you're a birder, you may already be familiar with this technology.

Job：如果您是观鸟者，您可能已经熟悉这项技术。

If it were wild, he added, traditional bird watchers -- often called birders -- would be " very excited." And they are not.

他补充，如果这只鸳鸯是野生，传统鸟类观察者（猎鸟者）会表现得“异常兴奋”。然而他们并没有。

I've identified over 750 species in the course of my work here, which would be a pretty good life list for a lot of birders.

在这里工作期间，我已经鉴定了超过750种鸟类，这会是一个非常好百鸟谱。

One British birder laments the recent draining of supposedly protected paddies by the Wenyu, a river in Beijing that had been a place of rest for about 200 migratory species.

北京温榆河最近排干了水田，这里曾是大约200种迁徙物种栖息之地，对此一位英国观鸟者表示惋惜。

Sometimes they escape, he said. Sweet said he believes this duck is an escapee. If it were wild, he added, traditional bird watchers -- often called birders -- would be " very excited" . And they are not.

他，有时它们会逃跑。斯威特表示，他认为这只鸳鸯是逃出来。他补充，如果这只鸳鸯是野生，传统鸟类观察者（通常被称为观鸟者）会" 异常兴奋" 。然而他们并没有。

Birders know this and spend every spring and fall hopping from green space to green space with binoculars in hand, hoping to catch a glimpse of unfamiliar species they otherwise rarely have a chance to see the rest of the year.

观鸟者知道这一点。每年春秋两季，他们手握双筒望远镜在各个绿地中穿梭，希望能瞥见在一年其它时间鲜有机会看到不常见鸟。