The bimonthly newsletter written by student members of the American Birding Association
A Bird's-Eye View newsletter is written by ABA's student members under the editorship of teen-birders Andy Bankert and Andrew Sigerson, with oversight from Jen Brumfield, the newsletter's Editorial Advisor.
A Bird's-Eye View covers identification, field skills, bird-finding, optics, birding stories, artwork, news and events, and much more. We welcome contributions from young birders — articles, poems, and artwork about birds and birding. We want to hear about your birding experiences. Please email beview@aba.org with your ideas.
About the editors:
Andy Bankert, 17, lives in the town of Melbourne Beach in central Florida and has been a regular contributor to BEV over the past few years. Andy's interest in nature and birding was sparked by a friend of his father's when Andy was five. Andy became serious about birding when his dad took him to see a Fork-tailed Flycatcher that had shown up in his county. His favorite area to bird is the beach becasuse of the diversity from season to season. Fall is his favorite season at the beach becasuse he can study migrating ducks and jaegers over the ocean. Andy is also a tip leader for the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival in Titusville, Florida and a board member of his local Audubon chapter. Calculus and physics are his favorite subjects in school, since he especially likes math. Although he has not thought about college a whole lot, Andy is considering majoring in environmental engineering.
Andrew Sigerson, 18, lives in Wantage, New Jersey, a rural township in the northwestern corner of the Garden State. He has been birding avidly for eight years, primarily in the Northeast. Although Andrew has had a keen interest in nature for his whole life, his interest in birding was first sparked by a Warbling Vireo that he discovered in his front yard when he was 10. He birds daily in his hometown and maintains a birding website for Sussex County, where he lives. Shorebirds are Andrew's favorite bird group because of their amazing migrations and the ID challenges they present. His favorite aspects of birding include bird distribution, nature art/photography, and just being out in the field learning about birds and other wildlife. Although Andrew's main interest and obsession is birding and nature, he is also into music. He plays guitar and saxophone and his favorite musical genre is rock. Andrew hopes to attain a degree in Wildlife Biology and eventually get a job involving ornithology.
Jen Brumfield lives in Copley, Ohio. She was a winner of the 1997-1998 ABA Young Birder of the Year contest and currently works as a naturalist and scientific illustrator for Cleveland Metroparks. At present, she's writing and illustrating a series of field guides to the flora and fauna of the Metroparks, including The Fascinated Naturalist's Guide to Dragonflies and Damselflies. Her illustrations and writing have appeared in other publications, including Birds of the Cleveland Region, The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Northeast Ohio, and the ABA's magazine Birding. Jen doubles as a birding tour guide and a representative for Nikon's ProTeam. You can visit her web-site meadowhawkart.com. Jen is excited about this opportunity and looks forward to sharing her experience and knowledge with a new group of young birders. You can contact her at beview@aba.org
A Bird's-Eye View covers identification, field skills, conservation, optics, and much more. We need your contributions—articles, poems, and artwork about birds and birding. We want to hear about your birding experiences. Write, call or email the editorial advisor at:
A Bird's-Eye View, ABA, 4945 N 30th St, Suite 200, Colorado Springs, CO 80919
(719) 578-9703 x228; email beview@aba.org