<div dir="ltr">It certainly seems to me that there are more young birders now than in the "old days". I started birding in 1979, at the age of 12. Everyone at our local Audubon society seemed to be absolutely thrilled by my interest. I went on their monthly field trips for about six years but finally drifted away from birding when I turned 18. During those six years I virtually never saw anyone that was remotely close to my age. Very few seemed to be younger than 35 years old. <br><br>Honestly, I think I would have kept birding if there had been birders around that were my age. With no one around that was my age, though, I ended up quitting for 35 years. When I started birding again in 2020 I was absolutely amazed at how many young birders I was seeing. It's very good to see that. <br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Ar Aoine 16 Lún 2024 ag 01:12, scríobh Dan Reiff via Tweeters <<a href="mailto:tweeters@u.washington.edu">tweeters@u.washington.edu</a>>:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Do we have similar stats for Tweeters or eBird?<br>
Some of numbers surprised me.<br>
Great to read that there are increasing numbers of young people demonstrating Interest in birds, animals and their environments:<br>
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