Articles in: Take Kids Birding, Young Birders
A Day at Starved Rock
February 1, 2012 | 3 comments
Sammie is the Birdfreak Team’s Illinois young birder. She attended the Bald Eagle Watch Weekend at Starved Rock State Park in Northern Illinois. She writes: Yesterday, on Saturday, January 28, I went with my grandma, grandpa, and sister to Starved Rock State Park for their annual Eagle Watch Weekend. We woke up earlier than we [...]
No Scope, No Car, No Problem!
November 12, 2011 | No comment
The OYBC Conference in Columbus, Ohio had amazing young speakers this year! We thought they were so good – we would write about each one of them separately! No Scope, No Car, No Problem! KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Rachel ABA’s Young Birder of the Year Rachel is an awesome speaker and the winner of the ABA’s Young [...]
Bird Banding: Past, Present, Future
November 11, 2011 | No comment
The OYBC Conference in Columbus, Ohio had amazing young speakers this year! We thought they were so good – we would write about each one of them separately! Bird Banding: Past, Present, Future Speaker: Robert Robert is a cool, expert bird bander and all around cool guy. We have seen him in action at the [...]
Opportunities for Young Birders with Cornell
November 10, 2011 | No comment
The OYBC Conference in Columbus, Ohio had amazing young speakers this year! We thought they were so good – we would write about each one of them separately! Opportunities for Young Birders with Cornell Speaker: Jessie Jessie from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is the project leader for Merlin, an upcoming online bird identification tool. [...]
Lake Erie Water Snake: Beyond Birds with OYBC
November 9, 2011 | No comment
The OYBC Conference in Columbus, Ohio had amazing young speakers this year! We thought they were so good – we would write about each one of them separately! Lake Erie Water Snake: Beyond Birds with OYBC Speaker: Kathleen In August 2011 the OYBC went on a unique field trip to explore not birds, but snakes. [...]
Epic Adventure in the Alaskan Arctic
November 8, 2011 | 2 comments
The OYBC Conference in Columbus, Ohio had amazing young speakers this year! We thought they were so good – we would write about each one of them separately! Epic Adventure in the Alaskan Arctic Speaker: Lucas Lucas is a young conservationist who recently volunteered with the Arctic Shorebird Network in Alaska. He is an enthusiastic [...]
OYBC Central Takes Flight with Service Learning
November 7, 2011 | No comment
The OYBC Conference in Columbus, Ohio had amazing young speakers this year! We thought they were so good – we would write about each one of them separately! OYBC Central Takes Flight with Service Learning Speaker: Doug Doug is a member of the Youth Advisory Panel of the Central Ohio chapter of the Ohio Young [...]
Ohio Young Birder Conference
November 6, 2011 | 1 comment
Sammie is the Birdfreak Team’s Illinois young birder. She attended the 5th Annual Ohio Young Birders Club Conference at the Grange Insurance Audubon Center in Columbus, Ohio and writes… On Friday November 4th my Grandparents got up at the crack of dawn to drive me 400 miles to Findlay, Ohio. After eight hours of driving [...]
