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THE BIRDING CLUB AT CORNELL

Welcome to the Birding Club at Cornell, a student-run club open to students of all skill levels, offering free trips and events throughout the academic year. Join us as we explore and appreciate the birds of Cornell campus, Tompkins County, the Northeast, and beyond. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced birder, an artist or a biker, there's something for you at the club. 

278

Bird Species Observed on Club Trips in the past year

252

Registered Members

26

Events hosted in the past year

195

Different participants in events in the last year

Giving Day Fundraiser
March 13, 2025

The birding club’s foremost commitment is to make birding accessible to everyone. In order to make birding free of charge and stress for anyone who loves birds we require zero membership fees, zero trip fees, free equipment use, and no membership requirements.

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However, we’re struggling to run the club with an exponentially increasing number of active numbers but no increase in our annual allocation from the university. Hundreds of people have had their first look through a spotting scope in this club, and replacing the broken birding club scope with a new scope with a lifetime warranty is a foremost priority that would be a permanent asset for the club.

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A donation of any size is greatly appreciated!! Even $5 or $10 dollars gets us closer to a scope purchase or allows us to send one more person on a birding adventure. This is the only day of the year we can collect donations, so we need to make it count!
 

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Beebe Lake introductory birding event, Dec 2023

Trip to Long Island, Feb 2023

Beebe Lake introductory birding walk, Nov 2024

Cape May Trip, Oct 2023

Canada Jay at Algonquin Park, Feb 2023

Cornell Teams and Alumni at the World Series of Birding, May 2023

Trip to Long Island, Feb 2025 

Trip to Algonquin Provincial Park in Canada, Feb 2023 

Semipalmated Plover at shorebird banding in NJ, May 2024

World Series of Birding Carbon-Neutral Biking Team in NJ, May 2024

Montezuma Muckrace Competition, Sep 2024

Iceland Gull in Long Island, Feb 2022

Eco-Artivism candle-making collaboration, Feb 2025

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