Camps

WNY Camps

• Buffalo Audubon (Relax at the cabin while the kids enjoy their camp—such a wonderful experience!) 

• Buffalo Museum of Science

• Buffalo Zoo

• DEC Camps - The Niagara Frontier Section Air & Waste Management Association is now accepting applications for the James G. Strickland Memorial NYSDEC Environmental Education Summer Camp Scholarship.  Click here to view the application.  Applications are due by February 27, 2026! 

• Park School (especially Earth Spirit during summer scholars!). Also the best school in Buffalo in our highly biased opinion - PreK to 12th!

• Reinstein Woods. Best deal in town paired with amazing nature education in a beautiful, accessible, welcoming outdoor space. 

• Tifft Nature Preserve

US Camps

• ABA Young Birder Camps

• Cornell Lab of Ornithology Young Birder Event

• Hog Island Camp - opportunities for families, teens, and grown ups!

• Michigan Young Birder Camp

• Rio Diablo Birding Camp

• VENT Youth Birding Camps

• Junior Master Herpetologist Program - not birds but lots of overlap of interest for many young birders :)

Canadian Camps

• Algonquin Wildlife Research Station

• Long Point Bird Observatory

Make sure to check out Santi Erices' recommendations and reflections
for lots of great camp info for teen birders as well!