Club Coordinators are extremely dedicated individuals who strive to create meaningful (and fun!) educational experiences for all young birders. They serve the pivotal role of running MYBC and doing all the necessary behind-the-scenes work for the club, such as trip planning and advertising, RSVP sending, carpooling, field trip guiding, bird checklist recording, trip report writing, email correspondence with youth, parents, and donors, finance management, website designing and updating, fundraising, and more.
MARION SPRAGUE
(she/her/hers)
Marion joined MYBC as a coordinator in 2018. She grew up in with the boreal forests of Downeast Maine as her backyard. She moved to Portland in 2001 and now lives in Westbrook with her husband.
Marion has loved birds as long as she can remember. Her passion for nature was influenced heavily by her grandparents who taught her to appreciate the birds, trees, and wildflowers of Maine. Initially a casual birdwatcher, this changed when Marion bought her home in 2014. Once she began to carefully study the diversity of birds visiting her feeders, a true bird nerd was born! Marion finished her natural history training through the Maine Master Naturalist Program in 2019.
The mentors in Marion's life have helped deepen her appreciation, knowledge, and love of birds, and she is excited to help ignite this same spark in Maine’s young birders.
Favorite birds: Baltimore Oriole, Northern Parula, and Great Blue Heron
Laurie Pocher
MYBC is pleased to welcome Laurie Pocher — a knowledgeable birder and talented photographer — as our newest club coordinator.
Laurie’s parents bought her her first real camera as a college graduation present. A few years later, a friend introduced her to birding. Worlds collided, an obsession was born… and she’s been photographing birds, nature and wildlife ever since.
Laurie moved to Southern Maine from Boston in 2013 opening up a whole new habitat for her to explore. Her ‘day job’ keeps her sitting at a desk, collecting and analyzing information to help her clients make better marketing decisions. It’s challenging and rewarding work, but on any given day she’d much rather be outside with her camera and her dogs.
Favorite Birds: Osprey, Blackburnian Warbler, and Short-eared Owl
Seth Davis
FORMER MYBC COORDINATOR
Seth grew up in Oregon, where he spent much of his time outdoors in the woods behind his house. Having always had a curiosity about nature and biology, Seth pursued a career in science, and he is now a post-doctoral research associate in the Department of Neuroscience at the University of New England. Seth’s spark for birding came while hiking at a reservoir near his apartment in Colorado and seeing a Mountain Bluebird for the first time. It was at this point that he recognized there was far more to the world of birds than the sparrows and finches that frequented his feeders!
Seth relocated to Bar Harbor in 2022 and needed to step away from his role of MYBC coordinator.
Favorite birds: Magnolia Warbler, Wood Duck, Common Loon, and Snowy Owl