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By Nate Swick, on September 6, 2017 Camp Colorado and Camp Avocet are back for 2018!
If you’re a young birder, or if you know a young birder, head over to our Events site to get information on the ABA’s two young birder camps, back again and ready to offer another year of unforgettable experiences for birders age 13-18.
Camp Colorado I [read more…]
By Nate Swick, on August 1, 2017 Ever wanted to see what goes on at the ABA’s Camp Colorado and Camp Avocet? Now you can! We gave the keys to the ABA’s Instagram account to Camp Director Jennie Duberstein and she and the ABA’s crack team of counselors have been keeping the whole world up to date on what is going on.
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By Nate Swick, on June 20, 2017 Back in 2015, when I had the opportunity to test Leica’s revamped Trinovid line of binoculars in muggy Honduras, I said that Leica’s second generation Trinovids offered the red dot quality you expect at a price point you necessarily wouldn’t.
They’re very nice bins, and I’m not just saying that because Leica has been a [read more…]
By Jeff Gordon, on June 8, 2017
We are asking that you join us in making an investment in the future of birding.
We need your help to continue and expand the excellent care and mentoring the American Birding Association provides to the next generation of birders through our ABA Young Birder Programs.
As birders, we see [read more…]
By Nate Swick, on May 3, 2017 This weekend is the first weekend of The Biggest Week in American Birding, and the ABA is very excited to be there! If you are going to be attending the festival in northwest Ohio, please let us know, and come by and visit our booth at Maumee Bay Lodge, the festival’s headquarters.
There will be [read more…]
By Nate Swick, on March 7, 2017 The ABA has a full schedule of events for 2017, consisting of opportunities to bird with ABA Staff and friends both close to our headquarters in Delaware and farther afield.
Join the ABA for a Delaware Shorebird Spectacular in May 2017! The month of May along the Delaware Bayshore brings enormous numbers of horseshoe crabs [read more…]
By Nate Swick, on January 18, 2017 The American Birding Association has been proud to support the American Birding Expo, a showcase for products for birders and nature enthusiasts featuring vendors from around the world. You can read about the experience from the perspective of one of our own with Greg Neise’s photo gallery last year.
For the past two years the [read more…]
By David Hartley, on October 25, 2016
“Forty life birds before breakfast!”
Forty birds before breakfast right from the verandah!
The ABA and Caligo Ventures are giving away a 5-night stay for TWO at the famed Asa Wright Nature Centre of Trinidad and a $500 travel voucher.
Considered by many to be the finest introduction to birding in [read more…]
By Nate Swick, on October 11, 2016 The ABA’s Annual Membership Meeting is coming up and with it, the deadline to return the proxy ballot containing the by-laws change that would expand the ABA Area to include Hawai’i.
Due to an error at our mailing house, many ABA members will have received two ballots. The first will typically have an incorrect [read more…]
By Greg Neise, on September 1, 2016 November 2–6, 2016
There are a lot of birding festivals in the ABA area–fifteen between now and the end of 2016–but one stands out: the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival. Now in its 23rd year, RGVBF is legendary.
The birding is, as you might imagine, off the hook. South Texas specialties, like Green [read more…]
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