WNY Young Birder Club

01/31/2026

Our January 2026 Newsletter is live featuring kudos to the young birders and their families who shivered to see cool birds during winter birding with Earth Spirit, info about the upcoming Birds on the Niagara Festival and March's bricks & biodiversity event with Rochester Lego User Group at Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge, and a special bird of the month featuring Soya the lovely turquoise Green-cheeked Conure who lives at Put a Plant on it in Elmwood.

03/27/2025

We hope you enjoy the WNYYBC March Newsletter with info on events and the March bird of the month, the Black-bellied Whistling Duck! We hope to see you at Reinstein Woods' International Transgender Day of Visibility Stroll (more info and register at https://reinsteinwoods.org/events/international-transgender-day-of-visibility-stroll/), stay tuned to your email for time to go timberdoodling, and don't forget the many ways to be bird friendly as we move into spring migration!
https://wnyybc-april-24.my.canva.site/wnyybc-march-2025-newsletter

02/27/2025

The February 2025 Newsletter of the WNY Young Birder Club is out!

We celebrate Black History Month and the young Red-tailed Hawk who perched outside the window by our table at Birds on the Niagara with the Red-tail as the bird of the month - enjoy the bird and info about the Tuskegee Airmen!

We recap BON and hope you will join us on March 31 from 6-7:30pm as we recognize International Transgender Visibility Day with our friends at Reinstein Woods.

More info on this and more in the full newsletter at

01/26/2025

An amazing day at Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge with Rochester Lego User Group! Thanks to all who came out to celebrate bricks and biodiversity!

01/18/2025

A reminder of our super fun collaborative event a week from today on Saturday, January 25 from 1-3pm at Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge with our friends from the Rochester Lego User Group

Bring your favorite nature sets and we strongly encourage you to bring bring a nature MOC (my own creation) or even a dozen nature MOCs! Think birds, insects, plants, nature scenes, etc., etc. Prizes for fan favorite MOCs! Here are some examples we've made over the years to get you excited and inspired!

Spread the word on this one - we are constantly amazed at how many folks in the nature community don't know that LEGO does nature sets and how many folks in the LEGO community are excited about the natural world because of things they have discovered through LEGO. LEGO is also committed to environmental sustainability (https://www.lego.com/en-us/sustainability/environment) and to social justice (https://www.lego.com/en-us/sustainability/children)! This is sure to be a fun event for all ages - there will be duplo bricks for littles, age brackets for build challenges, and a welcoming space celebrating nature through LEGO.

09/30/2024

Check out this month's WNYYBC newsletter! We feature the Pileated Woodpecker, recap September, and look forward to our October event - a bird mask makerspace - note that this one is our first attempt at an after school activity (Oct. 22, 4-6pm, Canisius University Library). We know this is walking distance for a number of our families so we hope to see you there! Stay tuned for a FB event and an RSVP form in a couple of weeks!

09/21/2024

Having an amazing time at Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve fall festival! Come out and do art, make buttons, meet the stuffies, and tell us about your favorite birds!!

07/30/2024

The WNYYBC July Newsletter is here featuring:
- Our August event - August 10, 10am-11:30am: We will join the I Bird NY walk @ Reinstein! Visit https://reinsteinwoods.org/events/i-bird-
ny/ for more information and to register.
- July stuffy sleepover event recap
- Fall 2024 events
- ABA Mentor Program information (registration open through Sept. 1!)
- Reveal of one of four new sticker designs with our bird of the month!

https://wnyybc-april-24.my.canva.site/wnyybc-july-newsletter

https://wnyybc-april-24.my.canva.site/wnyybc-july-newsletter

What a fantastic time the ​stuffies and the young birders ​had at the summer stuffy ​sleepover at Alice, Ever After ​Books! The folks at Alice have ​been supporting WNYYBC as ​our official bookstore since our ​earliest days and have a whole ​shelf of birdy books - make ​sure to sto...

07/12/2024

Having a wonderful time celebrating stuffy sleepover with Alice, Ever After Books!!

Stuffy Sleepover has begun! We're excited to welcome our friends from WNY Young Birder Club for all the fun. Follow our stories to see even more.

06/14/2024

Sam finally saw their nemesis Black-crowned Night Heron with a flyby of two on the wildlife drive at montezuma and then multiple more great looks!

05/09/2024

The Dodos of Destiny are ready for Buffalo Audubon Society's 2024 Birdathon! Here are ways you can support & engage!

Donate to support our efforts! https://buffaloaudubon.networkforgood.com/projects/224453-birdathon-2024-the-dodos-of-destiny

Sign up for the free kickoff party hosted by The Spark Bird Project! https://buffaloaudubon.networkforgood.com/events/70464-birdathon-kickoff-party

Support other teams! https://www.buffaloaudubon.org/birdathon2024.html

Follow our progress all day Saturday with our eBird trip report! https://ebird.org/tripreport/234006