(EXPLORE) BC's Awesome Young Birders in Ucluelet!!
I LOVE these Kids!
This weekend the British Columbia Field Ornithologists (BCFO) Young Birders Club, went on their first overnight Pelagic Trip. We boarded the MV Frances Barkley for WildResearch's fundraiser and annual Pelagic. We birded the Ucluelet and Tofino area and saw great shorebirds including breeding Pacific Golden-Plovers, Short-billed Dowitchers and Red-necked Phalaropes.
I started this field program back in 2014 and in 2016 I partnered with BCFO. We kept growing and have 25 kids involved in the program now across BC. The joy these kids have brought to my life are tenfold.
This weekend we had 10 participants from all over the province, including Fort St. James, Tofino, Victoria, Kelowna and Vancouver.
The best part of the day was when Liam Singh spotted a provincial rarity, a Manx Shearwater during the pelagic. His great photos can be viewed here:
bcbirdalert.blogspot.ca/2017/05/rba-manx-shearwater-in-uc...
Congrats to Liam for his amazing find and to all the young birders who got to see it. It was also great seeing the breeding Red Phalaropes, Pomarine Jaeger, Sabine's Gulls, Northern Fulmars and Pink-footed and Sooty Shearwaters.
Thanks to all the young birders for making such a special weekend for us all. We have memories that will last forever.
Thanks to Ilya Povalyaev and Warren Lee for helping me supervise the kids this weekend.
A big thank you to all the parents that support me and this young birder program and their kid's birding passion!
Looking forward to our next field trip (which is now FULL) in June to Manning Park!
For more info on future events and for any young birders who want to join click here: bcfo.ca/young-birders-program-field-trips/ and feel free to contact me at bcbirdergirl(at)gmail(dot)com if you want to sign up!
In 2018 I will be helping to organize the Young Birder Events and field trips at the International Ornithological Congress www.iocongress2018.com/. Here their work and achievements will also be showcased. So we have lots to look forward to from the Young Birders in BC.
(EXPLORE) BC's Awesome Young Birders in Ucluelet!!
I LOVE these Kids!
This weekend the British Columbia Field Ornithologists (BCFO) Young Birders Club, went on their first overnight Pelagic Trip. We boarded the MV Frances Barkley for WildResearch's fundraiser and annual Pelagic. We birded the Ucluelet and Tofino area and saw great shorebirds including breeding Pacific Golden-Plovers, Short-billed Dowitchers and Red-necked Phalaropes.
I started this field program back in 2014 and in 2016 I partnered with BCFO. We kept growing and have 25 kids involved in the program now across BC. The joy these kids have brought to my life are tenfold.
This weekend we had 10 participants from all over the province, including Fort St. James, Tofino, Victoria, Kelowna and Vancouver.
The best part of the day was when Liam Singh spotted a provincial rarity, a Manx Shearwater during the pelagic. His great photos can be viewed here:
bcbirdalert.blogspot.ca/2017/05/rba-manx-shearwater-in-uc...
Congrats to Liam for his amazing find and to all the young birders who got to see it. It was also great seeing the breeding Red Phalaropes, Pomarine Jaeger, Sabine's Gulls, Northern Fulmars and Pink-footed and Sooty Shearwaters.
Thanks to all the young birders for making such a special weekend for us all. We have memories that will last forever.
Thanks to Ilya Povalyaev and Warren Lee for helping me supervise the kids this weekend.
A big thank you to all the parents that support me and this young birder program and their kid's birding passion!
Looking forward to our next field trip (which is now FULL) in June to Manning Park!
For more info on future events and for any young birders who want to join click here: bcfo.ca/young-birders-program-field-trips/ and feel free to contact me at bcbirdergirl(at)gmail(dot)com if you want to sign up!
In 2018 I will be helping to organize the Young Birder Events and field trips at the International Ornithological Congress www.iocongress2018.com/. Here their work and achievements will also be showcased. So we have lots to look forward to from the Young Birders in BC.