No longer reserved for cargo-shorts lovers and retirees, birding is the feathered sensation sweeping the nation. Whether some innate plea from our animal brains to touch grass and extend our attention spans or a pendulum swing of appreciation for nature-crafted beauty in a world of cartoonish computer-generated muck – or something else altogether – bird-watching is in and you don’t need to travel far to join the craze. Head to Pease Park to join Chris Gunter of Travis Audubon and turn your binoculars skyward to see what all that tittering and chittering is about. – Caroline Drew
