The Fledgling is a magazine produced by and designed for young birders. Topics in The Fledgling vary from exciting travel stories to identification tips to ways to get involved in your community and everything in between. In addition to fascinating articles, prepare to be amazed by The Fledgling’s stunning photos and artwork from young birders. This magazine is both enlightening and fun, and it showcases the amazing talent of the next generation of birders and scientists.

If you want to get more involved in the young birder community, why not start now? If you are a young birder, please consider writing an article or contributing photos or artwork to The Fledgling. We are always looking for more content, and we would love to include some of your work. If you’re interested in contributing, please send us an email at thefledgling@aba.org.

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Issue Four Highlight

This issue we are happy to introduce a new Artists’ Corner. Here, we will showcase the work of talented young artists. Please take a moment to admire the beauty and diversity of birdlife represented here.

Meet Team Fledgling

Hannes Leonard, Editor
Mason Currier, Assistant Editor
Weston Barker, Field Editor
Hannah Floyd, Copy Editor
Silas Powell, Media Editor
Katie Warner, Content and Layout
Ronan Nicholson, News and Notes
Gracie McMahon, Tailfeathers Column

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Issue Three Highlight

Special Guest Writer
Peter Pyle, “The Mentor’s Corner”

Peter Pyle is an expert on molt, especially as it pertains to aging birds. He is the author of the two-volume Identification Guide to North American Birds, widely admired by banders and serious birders. Peter is the Chairman of the ABA Checklist Committee, Editorial Consultant at Birding, and a prolific contributor to ornithological literature.

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Issue Two Highlight

Special Guest Writer
Mary Gustafson, “The Mentor’s Corner”

Mary Gustafson reviews records for eBird, supports WhatsApp chats for birders in south Texas, organizes leaders and field trips for the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival and the Spring Chirp Birding Festival, and participates in pelagics as often as possible. Work is usually limited to mentoring biologists and monitoring wildlife, though she gets sucked into so much more. Bat Falcon was her ABA classic number 800. Her great regret is not getting out and birding more.

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Issue One Highlight

Special Guest Writer
Scott Weidensaul, “The Mentor’s Corner”

Scott Weidensaul is an author and researcher who has written more than 30 books, including his newest, A World on the Wing, about global bird migration. He is a co-founder of Project SNOWstorm, tracking Snowy Owls, and the Northeast Motus Collaboration, expanding wildlife telemetry in the East, among other projects. He and his wife live in New Hampshire.