Maine Young Birders Club Announces Coastal Maine Bird Studies for Teens Scholarship

MYBC is seeking a young birder to participate in a birding program for teens on Hog Island in June of 2020. MYBC and York County Audubon are pleased to partner with Friends of Hog Island to offer this scholarship. Application and complete details are available at www.yorkcountyaudubon.org and applications are due by March 15, 2020.

The program is entitled “Coastal Maine Bird Studies for Teens” and this session will run from June 21-26, 2020. This intensive 6-day, 5-night program on Hog Island allows enthusiastic young birders to work with some of the country's best-known birders and ornithologists on field identification, bird ecology and conservation. This program includes the unique opportunity to see Audubon's seabird restoration work in action and visit Eastern Egg Rock during the puffin breeding season (weather and sea conditions permitting).

Program details and descriptions are available at http://hogisland.audubon.org/bird-studies-teens. This scholarship covers 100% of the recipient’s cost to attend. In return for this scholarship we ask that the recipient write a short summary of their trip and what they learned. Applicants must be 14-17 years old by to attend.

The Maine Young Birders Club to provide a safe environment for youth in Maine to experience the wonder of birds and nature with other teens through birding-related events and activities and to promote engagement with our natural world by empowering young Maine residents to study and enjoy birds and birding.