Woman Creates Wearable Contraption to Watch Birds Up Close [Video]

A bird-watching enthusiast has gone viral after demonstrating the way she sees avian visitors in her garden up close.

Michelle Lefebvre, 48, lives in British Columbia, Canada, and studied ornithology in university. A self-described “bird nerd,” she told Newsweek, “I love birds so much.”

Lefebvre works as an environmental communicator and in retail at a nature shop. She said: “When I need to unwind after a hard day’s work, I like to spend it with the birds. Being outside or in nature helps me unwind.”

Recently, Lefebvre went viral on TikTok after showing off a “face feeder” she made—inspired by a similar contraption from Instagram user @birdladydrin.

While sitting bundled up in a chair, Lefebvre wore large sunglasses with a paper plate filled with birdseed attached and waited for her first visitor. She told Newsweek, “It didn’t take long for a bird to show.”

The video, which she posted on her account @wildlifetastic on December 4, showed Lefebvre sitting stock-still as …