October 2022 Report: Florida Young Birders Club

By Jim McGinity, Florida Young Birders/Florida Aviation Conservation

The young birders club is doing very well.  We had our first monthly outing of the 2022/2023 year with a field trip to John Chestnut County Park in Palm Harbor.  We had 13 kids and 12 adults for the walk.  

The group saw a handful of warblers, some waterbirds and close looks at seed-eating birds along the boardwalk since park visitors have been leaving seeds on the railings.  

At the end of the walk, we gathered at one of the shelters to go over the list and examine a Veery that was brought in by one of the fathers after the bird hit a window at his office.

Over the next several months, we will be giving some of the young birders leadership opportunities.  Charles Law will be leading his first bird walk at the Wonders of Wildlife Festival in Plant City on Saturday, November 5.  

One of our younger members will be co-leading a bird walk with me at the Raptor Fest in St. Petersburg in early February.  Our next outing is Saturday, October 1 at Davis Park in Brandon.

In addition to the regular outings, I have been working with the advisory panel and two advisors from Orange and St. John County Audubon chapters to build the infrastructure to grow the club state-wide.  We have a PayPal button on the FOS website so that kids can pay their $10 annual dues to join.  

We are also finalizing a logo for the club that will feature the Florida Scrub Jay.  

The young birders wanted to start up a monthly Zoom series that will allow them to learn about bird research and hear from expert birders from around the state.  The first one was last Saturday and had about 10 people attend.  

We are working to create an Instagram account for the Florida Young Birders Club so that we can reach more potential young birders.  



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