This fall Brian Williams (a thirty plus year member of the Sacramento Audubon Society, and former compiler of the Auburn and Folsom Christmas Bird Counts) is starting a Young Birders Club for 4th-6th grade students in the Linda / Olivehurst area of the Marysville school district. They will meet weekly after school and take monthly birding field trips. All of this is in preparation for the culminating event for the season, the Sacramento Christmas Bird Count for Kids.

The birding club is an unusual opportunity in this area, where awareness of nature is uncommon and family resources are often meager. In order to get the club off the ground, he has asked Sacramento Audubon and/or its members if they can donate binoculars for this amazing project. In addition he will also need field guides. In order to teach efficiently he will focus on gathering only the seventh edition of the National Geographic Society field guide for now. Then, for all of the full-term "graduates" of the class, he is hoping to find some benefactors (either Sacramento Audubon and/or our members) who can help provide the kids with their own field guides and binoculars so they can continue to develop their interest in birds and nature once the class is over.

If you might be able to contribute he would love to hear from you. As Brian mentioned, “I will admit I'm dreaming of a bunch of "Santas" visiting our class with some amazing, life-changing gifts….”.

Email Brian with any questions or to offer your support.