Youth Birding Club Meetup
Join us for October’s Youth Birding Club meetup!
Dewey’s Pond (also called Dewey’s Mills Pond) is a well-known eBird “hotspot”, and was our destination this past May. The site, which is managed by the Army Corps of Engineers, features a grassy dike that separates Dewey’s Pond itself from the Ottauquechee River. It is an easy walk of ~1/4 mile, with several vantage points to look for birds on either body of water and trees along both sides of the dike that can be magnets for landbirds. Bald Eagles nest there, and while the eaglets fledged months ago, the birds may still be present.
Trip leaders will be Kyle Jones, Erica Faughnan, Joe Ransdell-Green, and Chris Rimmer. We’ll move at a leisurely pace, with a goal of having every young birder see birds well, rather than maximizing the number of species we tally. With four seasoned co-leaders, there should be plenty of one-on-one interaction and mentoring. We’ll park and meet in the gravel parking lot off River Road just across from Marshland Farm and bird until 9:00 am, with the usual option to continue longer for anyone who would like.
We encourage any youth between the ages of 7-13 with an interest in birds to join us on October 24, with or without a parent or grandparent. It is not necessary to have attended any of our previous sessions — every outing is open and inclusive to beginners. Binoculars will be provided for anyone who doesn’t have them.
There are 15 spots for kids and registration will be first come, first serve.
