Bird Study
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Bird Study merit badge | ||
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Status: | Elective | |
Created: | 1914 | |
Discontinued: | no | |
BSA Advancement ID: | 029 | |
Requirements revision: | 2006 | |
Latest pamphlet revision: | 2008 |
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“ | Birds are among the most fascinating creatures on Earth. Many are beautifully colored. Others are accomplished singers. Many of the most important discoveries about birds and how they live have been made by amateur birders. In pursuing this hobby, a Scout might someday make a valuable contribution to our understanding of the natural world | ” |
Bird Study is one of the elective merit badges for the William T. Hornaday awards for Boy Scouts.
Bird Study merit badge requirements | ![]() | ||
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- This is a great badge to do in February, in conjunction with the Great Backyard Bird Count.
Requirement resources
1. Birds as indicators of the quality of the environment
2. Bird diagrams - More - BirdSource
3. Lesson Videos: Bird Watching Binoculars & Field Guides - About Bird Watching Binoculars
Binoculars - How to Care for Binoculars - How to Adjust Binoculars
4. & 5. Lesson Videos: Birdwatching for Beginners - Get Started with Bird Watching - Bird Identification
4. & 5. Online bird field guide - Another - How to Use a Field Guide - 72 Range Maps - Cornell Ornithology - American Bird Conservancy
5. The Field Notebook you will need is included in the Bird Study Workbook.
6. Note that you are not required to identify the bird songs in the field, just identify bird songs. But the bird songs you identify MUST be for species that you have included in your field notebook. So if you didn't identify these species by ear in the field, you must have personally observed them in the field.
- Lesson Videos: Bird Songs - How to Identify Birds by Ear - How Birds Use Songs & Sounds for Communication - Birds That Say Their Names - Birds That Make Phonetic Sounds & Phrases
- Audio: Learn Bird Songs - More - Another site
- Other links: American Birding Assn - Audubon Magazine online
7a. Local Clubs - Audubon Society
7b. Christmas Bird Count From the National Audubon Society
8. How to Build a Birdbath, Birdhouse, Garden Bench, or Rockwall for Your Garden
Related awards
Ecology-related awards
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See also
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General Merit Badge information
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External links
- Amer. Bird Conservancy
- Amer. Birding Association
- BirdSource
- Bird Study Merit Badge site for Scouts & Counselors
- Cornell Ornithology
- National Audubon Society
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
- Birding on the Web
- How To Organize A Bird Study Merit Badge Day