2025 Youth Scholarships

Thanks to the support of our members, we were able to send six young birders to camp this summer. We are looking forward to hearing about their experiences at this year’s symposium.

June 23, 2025
A smiling group with binoculars and bicycles poses along a tree-lined path with the California State Capitol Building in the background. Photo by At Ease Brewing Company.

Mackenzie Hollander is the leader of the Sacramento Valley Young Birders Club (SVYBC) and will be attending Hog Island Audubon Camp’s Coastal Maine Bird Studies for Teens.

Also attending Hog Island will be Clayton Rucker of Sebastopol and Aubrey Phipps of Healdsburg. Both are members of the Young Ancient Murrelets (YAMs) youth chapter of the Redwood Region Ornithological Society. Another member of SVYBC, Kayla Peng will be attending Camp Cascades along with YAM member, Elliot Stieinfels of Petaluma.

Leslie Pham of Yuba City is a member of the SVYBC will attend Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center Ornithology Camp.

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About The Author

Cliff Hawley

Cliff was raised in the Central Valley and discovered a love of birds at 14 when he found a male Vermilion Flycatcher in his yard. He lives and works in Sacramento with his wife and daughter, and enjoys county birding throughout the state.

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