Youth birding in Maryland is alive and well.  The young birders from George 
Radcliffes program placed 1st and 2nd in the Middle School division with 150 
species and 148 species.  This is an amazing feat for these birders who at 
first had trouble between cardinal blue jay.  I believe that George deserves 
a lot of credit for what he has done to youth birding in the state.  On 
another note my team, the Coastal Cuckoos, won the high school division with 
212 species and raised over $7,800.  This is an amazing feat for our team 
beating Cornell and tying  Pete Dunne's team.  Overall we came in 3rd place 
and are very happy.  I would just like to thank everybody who supported the 
team and youth birding.

Good birding
Zach Baer
Centreville, MD

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