Starting September 21, 2018 any young birder in pre-K, grade school, middle school or high school will be able to download the new version 7.7 of Thayer’s Birds of North America at NO COST. The kids do this by using a special code available at hundreds of birding, nature, conservation and educational web sites.

Visit http://www.thayerbirding.com/About-Us/Young-Birder-Program for details showing how The Birding Wire can participate.

This amazing birding software, for Windows or Mac computers, features the 1007 birds that have been seen in the continental U.S. and Canada. The software includes over 6,600 color photos, 1,500 songs and calls, 550 video clips of the birds in action, 700 quizzes and much, much more, as shown here: http://www.thayerbirding.com/v7-Features

Why are we doing this? Because the company founder, Peter W. Thayer, decided that this would be the perfect way to celebrate his 70th birthday.

“Over the past 24 years I have heard from thousands of folks who told me how much this birding program meant to them. I have been overwhelmed by the kind words and feedback we have received from people who are now professional bird guides, ornithologists, college professors and wildlife managers. They told me they used our program when they were growing up to learn more about the birds around them...and they still use it today!”

Our favorite letters are from the kids, especially this one from 9 year-old William: “I was so excited we downloaded it the night I got it. I looked at pictures, watched videos, made lists and did quizzes until my parents made me go to bed. It is totally awesome!”

“My philosophy has always been that I just wanted to create a truly great birding program for me (the nine-year-old me as well as the seventy-year-old me of today). If anyone else wanted a copy - well, that was just a nice bonus! Thanks to hundreds of suggestions from users over the past 24 years, I think we did it! Now it is time to give back something to the birding community and to the millions of young birders (and potential young birders) who just need a spark to get them started on a life-long quest for knowledge about our natural world and the importance of preserving the habitat we still have. What better way than this to celebrate the year of the bird?"

We would like to have one million kids download this birding program and use it and get excited about nature and conservation. Birds are a great place to start! Please help us reach our goal. Place the special code BirdingWireYoungBirder on your web site and in your newsletters.

Contact:

Peter W. Thayer, President

Thayer Birding Software
800-865-2473