National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife ... - All About Birds

2006–2011 Wildlife-Watching Participants, Days, and Expenditures(U.S. population 16 years old and older. Numbers in thousands)2006 2011 2006-2011Number Percent Number Percent percent changeWildlife-watching participants, total . . . . . . 71,132 100 71,776 100NS1Around the home. .................... 67,756 95 68,598 96NS1Observers ........................ 44,467 36 45,046 63NS1Photographers .................... 18,763 26 25,370 35 35Feeders .......................... 55,512 78 52,817 74 –5Visitors of parks or natural areas . . . . . . 13,271 19 12,311 17NS–7Maintainers of plantings or natural areas 14,508 20 13,399 19NS–8Away from home. .................... 22,977 32 22,496 31NS–2Observers ........................ 21,546 30 19,808 28NS–8Photographers .................... 11,708 16 12,354 17NS6Feeders .......................... 7,084 10 5,399 8 –24Days, away from home ................ 352,070 100 335,625 100NS–5Observers ........................ 291,027 82 268,798 80NS–8Photographers .................... 103,872 30 110,459 33NS6Feeders .......................... 77,329 22 59,255 18NS–23Wildlife-watching expenditures, total(2011 dollars) ....................... $51,133,555 100 $54,890,272 100NS7Trip-related ......................... 14,420,170 28 17,274,675 31NS20Equipment, total ..................... 25,954,939 51 27,150,921 49NS5Wildlife-watching equipment. ........ 11,054,094 22 11,323,179 21NS2Auxiliary equipment. ............... 1,157,027 2 1,555,374 3NS34Special equipment ................. 13,743,818 27 14,272,368 26NS4Other .............................. 10,758,446 21 10,464,677 19NS–3NSNot different from zero at the 5 percent level of significance.U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Census Bureau 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation 53