Birdwatching is a popular pastime on Long Beach Island and its environs, but it doesn’t appeal to everyone. For one thing, it seems to involve rising at an ungodly hour. For another, it seems to require tramping for miles through muddy marshes. Those two points are somewhat offputting for many folks.

However, if your social circle includes a veritable flock of birders (the preferred term, by the way), you may want to consider becoming a make-believe birder so that they will invite you to their…