Resources for Young Birders
Help kids fall in love with barred owls and other birds with our resources for young birders. Photo by Crystal Kunst
If you have children in your life, they can get involved too! Here are some resources to encourage budding birders.
National Audubon offers ideas on how to help young people thrive as birders.
Many kids love technology, and they’ll love birding with the Merlin Bird ID app.
National Audubon’s publication for children, Audubon Adventures, has online games, activities, and a full issue on how kids can get to know wild birds.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology has lessons, activities, and community science projects for students from kindergarten through high school:
Journey North invites children around North America to help with a community science project studying migration of hummingbirds.
National Audubon has reviewed kids’ guides to birdwatching to recommend top choices.