Last Updated 3/24/24
"The connections alone truly made the club a brilliant success for me." — BF, NYSYBC alumnus, age 22
"I've gotten 5 lifers so far this year, and 3 of them have been on NYSYBC trips." — BM, age 13
"I joined up, and from that point on, I became a lot more serious about birds." — GV, age 15
"It has truly been a great experience getting to know other birders my age." — MM, age 15
"For me, the club really made a difference." — BV, NYSYBC alumnus, age 21
Bohemian Waxwing, February 2024
photo ©Elias Markee-Ratner, age 11
Are
You a Young Birder
Between the Ages of 10 and 19?
If you are, then you've come to the right place! The
New York State Young Birders Club provides community, friendship,
and fun for young people who have a passion for wild birds and
their habitats.
CONGRATULATIONS
TO OUR NEW CLUB LEADERS!
Elections
for NYSYBC's officers for 2024 are complete.
See the results!
Also check out our Hall of Fame page!
YOUNG BIRDERS WRITE!
NYSYBC members write trip reports and articles about birds and birding. These writings are shared via the club's private mailing and discussion list, and some of them are published in New York Birders, the quarterly newsletter of our sponsoring organization, the New York State Ornithological Association (NYSOA).
We are proud to showcase the work of our young members in our archive of Kid's-Eye View articles that have appeared in NYSOA's newsletter!
Read the ones most recently published:
NYS Birders Conference by Emma Bromley, age 17 - Winter 2023/24 NEW 1/16/24
NYS Birders Conference by Rook Schucker Mallo, age 13 - Winter 2023/24 NEW 1/16/24
Want to see more articles by our young birders?
Kid's-Eye View - Browse the Collection
RECORDS DATABASE - UPDATED 1/14/24
Thanks to Records Chair James Paczkowski, the NYSYBC records database has been updated to include all field trips through November 2023.
After 15 years of field trips, lifers are hard to come by, but last year James has added EIGHT new lifers spotted by sharp-eyed young birders on our 2023 field trips, bringing the club's new total to 301! The new species added were Pacific Loon, Black-legged Kittiwake, Thick-billed Murre, Barrow's Goldeneye, Northern Bobwhite, Bay-breasted Warbler, Eared Grebe, and Parasitic Jaeger.
View the NYSYBC Bird Records
Field Trip Reports, Bird Lists, and Photo Galleries:
"We encountered a Peregrine Falcon which perched on a tree and stayed there grooming itself long enough for people to get several good photos of it. Then...we came upon a few other birders watching for something. After we asked ....we rushed over in excitement. Within a nest box in the marsh was a Barn Owl. "
Read Oscar Schilling's report and check out the eBird list by Julian Batista.
"Along with the gulls, there were two gull-sized birds with falcon-like flapping. After watching them for a while with our spotting scopes, we also saw white flashes as they flapped their wings. Trip leader Tim Healy confirmed that these were Parasitic Jaegers, a new bird for the club’s life list!"
Read Pranav Kumar's report and check out the eBird list!
"When you’re walking through it, it’s easy to forget you’re in one of the biggest cities in the world. With its dense undergrowth and abundant streams and ponds, the Ramble is the perfect habitat for migrating songbirds. "
Read John Dean's report and check out the eBird list by Elias Markee-Ratner.
"The wind whipped through the chilly air, still so early in the dawn that near total darkness surrounded us as we gathered at the Whiteface Mountain toll gate....We knew we were in for a special day of birding in the glorious Adirondacks."
Read Arabella Pajoohi's report and check out the ebird lists by Jake and Jonathan Schlosser, and don't forget to view the photo gallery!
<< Boreal Chickadee, photo © Owen Stainken
"Immediately after leaving our caravan of cars at the side of the gravel road, we were welcomed by a male Blackburnian Warbler, with his flaming orange throat and face, and then, a male Mourning Warbler flitting in the low underbrush, presumably near a nest."
Read Arabella Pajoohi's report and check out the ebird lists by Jake and Jonathan Schlosser, and don't forget to view the photo gallery!
"Our trip started on the Wetlands Trail. The habitat was wet and relatively open forest, with woods to the right and wetlands to the left on a grassy trail. We started in a parking lot where we saw and heard some songbirds, one of them being a Veery."
Read Calvin Blumberg's report and the bird list by James Paczkowski, and don't forget to check out the photo gallery!
"Once we reached the top of the hill, the whole group was immediately on the hunt for Dickcissels. Fortunately, there were some—three singing males! We also observed some Bobolinks perched on the tall grasses very close to the group."
Read Nina Vigil's report and the bird list by Adam Vinson, and don't forget to check out the photo gallery!
"...we were finally able to go onto a field trip after about a year without a club birding trip. Our touching reunion took place at Liberty Loop in Orange County, where it was a sunny and rather warm day, and beautiful weather, which seemed as if the sun and the sky were celebrating our reunion. ."
Read Rion Yoshimura's report and the trip bird list by Eliza Wein.
View our Field Trip Reports Archive - from 2008 until now!
Downloads
Check
out our Downloads page,
where we've created one place to find all NYSYBC membership forms,
guidelines, and flyers. Youth members, send us birding-related
files you'd like to make available to others!
Do You Know a Young Birder Between the Ages of 10 and 19?
Give the Gift of NYSYBC Membership!
Give a gift membership to the NYS Young Birders Club! Open up a whole new world of friendship and fun for your grandkids, kids, and friends between the ages of 10 and 19! For only $10, you will give them the chance to go to the best birding spots in NY with expert leaders and like-minded friends. They will also get connected in a safe online community where they can share birding stories, questions, photos, and support. The NYS Young Birders Club organizes teams to the World Series of Birding and the Super Bowl of Birding. What a wonderful way to strengthen the next generation of birders and give a boost to a great new club!
Wood Duck
photo © Emma Murphy, age 12
Questions? Email
