Below is a quick update on NYSOA's New York State Young Birders Club. Adult readers, please encourage any young birders you know (and/or their parents) to check it out at www.nysyoungbirders.org. And please consider joining as a Supporting Adult member for 2010, and encouraging your local bird club to become a Partner Organization if it isn't one already. We will gladly visit local clubs that are interested to make a presentation about NYSYBC. Thank you for your interest and support! Carena Pooth NYSOA / NYSYBC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- NYS Young Birders Club Marks One-Year Anniversary
One year ago, the New York State Young Birders Club (NYSYBC) was launched as a special project of the New York State Ornithological Association. NYSYBC provides a safe, vibrant community for birders aged 10-19, something that was not available to earlier generations. The club's mission is to help ensure the future of New York's birdlife by encouraging young birders to pursue their passion and inspire others to do the same. During the past year, many new friendships have formed among young members that found each other through NYSYBC. NYSYBC welcomes young birders of all skill levels, from beginner to advanced. The club offers monthly field trips, a website, a newsletter, birding-related email alerts, and an online forum. The club's trips, led by knowledgeable local birders, offer young people the opportunity to enjoy a wide variety of birding locations and experiences across the state. After each trip, one young participant writes a report and another one submits the species list for the day. These reports, as well as the schedule for future trips, can be viewed on the club's website at www.nysyoungbirders.org <http://www.nysyoungbirders.org/> . On NYSYBC's June trip, young birders had the chance to meet Rob Meyer, a filmmaker whose current project is a feature length film in which the main characters are teen birders. Rob enjoyed seeing NYSYBC's smart, knowledgeable young birders in action--and learned a thing or two from them! In May, club founder and President Hope Batcheller, age 17, organized and led the Razorbills, a team of five NYSYBC Youth Members, at the annual World Series of Birding event in New Jersey. The Razorbills' species total was 175, placing them 3rd in the youth division and 10th overall! The amazing Razorbills (Hope Batcheller, Brent Bomkamp, Jacob Drucker, Brendan Fogarty, and Benjamin Van Doren) also raised $1670 for NYSYBC. NYSYBC has enjoyed a terrific year since its first field trip in August 2008. Its Youth Members are becoming increasingly proficient and committed birders and conservationists, and it is wonderful to see the friendships they've developed. The club's growth and success are made possible only by the young birders' enthusiasm and the active participation of parents, Supporting Adult members, and NYSYBC Partner Organizations. For more information about NYSYBC and NYSOA, visit www.nybirds.org <http://www.nybirds.org/> or email y...@n <mailto:y...@nybirds.org> ybirds.org. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
