Award-winning teen birdwatcher launches mobile game in which players explore birding hotspots
Coquitlam, B.C., resident Adam Dhalla, 15, is a past recipient of the American Birding Association s Young Birder of the Year award and his new game, Find the Birds, is available now.
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Posted: Apr 17, 2021 7:00 AM PT | Last Updated: April 17
Whether birdwatching is a new-found pandemic hobby, or an activity you have enjoyed for ages, a new mobile game co-created by a Coquitlam teen is a way to look for birds outside of your community while staying COVID safe.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)
Clark County girl is American Birding Association’s Young Birder of Year
Published: March 9, 2021, 6:01am
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6 Photos Katie Warner, 13, shown here with her camera near Salmon Creek, was recently named the American Birding Association s 2021 Young Birder of the Year. (Photos courtesy of Mihaela Warner) Photo Gallery
It all started with the scrub jay.
Ten-year-old Katie Warner attached a bird feeder to the window of her Thousand Oaks, Calif., house so she could attract local birdlife to her yard. Her attention was drawn to a pretty bird with a bright blue back and a white breast.
“It got me interested,” said Katie, whose family recently moved to the Vancouver area. “I didn’t know it was a scrub jay when I first saw it. I went to a website called feederwatch.org. There’s a page there that shows common backyard birds, so I found it on there.”