November 2022: Florida Young Birders Club News

By Jim McGinity, Florida Young Birders/Florida Aviation Conservation

The activity level for the club is really picking up. Our activities include: young birders leading bird walks (Wonders of Wildlife Festival, Nov. 5 at Medard Reservoir), Jay Chat series, monthly outings, and a joint bird walk in Orlando between all three chapters.  

One of the goals of the club is to give the young birders leadership opportunities. This includes mentoring them on how to lead bird walks. Charles Law will lead a walk at the Wonders of Wildlife Festival.  He is a very good birder and has a lot to share with beginning birders. Later this winter, I will co-lead a bird walk at Raptor Fest with one of our younger - young birders.  

The Jay Chat monthly Zoom series had programs in September and October.  We had a representative from the Alligator Farm in St. Augustine, and this month the young birders heard from Adam Kent from Gainesville.  

The next Jay Chat is on Saturday, November 19, at 4 pm with expert birder David Simpson.  Check the Florida Young Birders Club page on Facebook for a link to sign up for this free program.

The Tampa Bay chapter of the club’s next outing will be at the Lower Green Swamp on Saturday, November 19.  We will hike a few of the trails through a former cattle ranch that is being restored to its natural beauty.  It is one of Hillsborough County’s environmental preserves, and we hope to see migrants and grassland birds.  

It will be exciting to see the club expand around the state and how these young birders enhance their skills and knowledge of Florida birds and avian conservation.  We have already had young birders from Miami join the club, and we hope that it will just continue to grow!  Please direct any Florida young birders (ages 9 - 17) to the Facebook page and to join the club here.

If you are interested in getting involved with the club or would like to support this effort (financially or otherwise), please email Jim McGinity.


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