Open Mic: Birding Mentors Inspiring Young Minds
Texas young birder Sebastian Casarez talks about the importance of mentors to young birders.
Open Mic: Camp Avocet 2017
Young birder Tommy Quarles shares his memories of 2017 Camp Avocet!
Open Mic: Rocky Mountain Encounter at Camp Colorado
From American Dippers to White-tailed Ptarmigan to new friends and new birding skills, a young birder shares her experience at 2017 Camp Colorado.
Open Mic: Endemics, Research, and Adventure on Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula
As we flew through a gap in the lush, green mountains to land on a thin airstrip, I anticipated the birding and research I was about to experience on the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica, the world’s most bio-intense area.
Introducing the Whimbrel Birders Club!
Whimbrel Birders Club was established at the first annual Illinois Young Birders Symposium in August 2016. We are a birding club truly meant for everyone, no matter your age, disability, or ethnicity.
Open Mice: Kestrels–An Iowa Legacy
A few years ago, a short drive down my gravel road would yield at least one, if not two, American Kestrels perched on a power line or hovering mid-air above the grassy ditch. Today, I have begun to count myself lucky to drive past a mere one kestrel per week rather than the daily sightings.
It's the Maine Young Birders Club!
York County Audubon is helping to launch the Maine Young Birders Club (MYBC)—the first of its kind in the state!
Open Mic: Birding opens up a new appreciation for the Sonoran Desert
In 2014 I was given the opportunity to go birding for the first time as part of a new All About Birds Program. Without previous experience, I decided to take the offer the staff at Ironwood Tree Experience gave me.
Birding Alaska and an Interview with Dr. Nils Warnock
Did you know the Bar-tailed Godwit has the longest non-stop, flapping flight migration of any bird in the world? Learn more from young birder Dessi Sieburth and Audubon Alaska's Dr. Nils Warnock.
Open Mic: A Young Birder's View of the NAOC
See the 2016 North American Ornithological Congress through the eyes of a young birder.