Jim

Who is behind this program in Centerville? Every year we keep hearing about
this great group of kids that are learning birding at an age when most of
them can't find time to set down their text-message gadgets. Centreville
seems to be the Centre of young birding. Keep it up!
    Who knows - maybe some of them can tell a Bicknell's from a
Gray-cheeked. Sure beats me.

Jerry Tarbell
Wishing he was still in grade school in Carroll County


> For the 5th year in a row, students from Kennard Elementary School in
> Centreville won Division A of Saturday's WSB.  The Merlins (Chuckie
> Lansinger, Eli Anders, Danny Lenchner, Alyssa Walls and Andi Hilton)
tallied
> 119 species.  On the big day, they decided to head for Belleplain Forest
at
> 4:30 am and ended the day around 8 pm.
>
> The Lady Peregrines (Kiley and Shannon Pignataro, Tabitha Lansinger,
> Michelle Long and Kelley Jewell) from Centreville Middle School won
Division
> B by finding 140 species.  These young birding ladies have been birding
> together for 5 years and are graduates of the Kennard birding program.
This
> is the second year in a row that these excellent youth birders have
captured
> the Divisions B title.
>
> Congratulations to all for a job well done!
>
> Jim Wilson
> Queenstown
>