Letter from the Editor

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 00:00:13 GMT

Welcome to Volume 50 of Bird Observer. We are celebrating our fiftieth anniversary year throughout 2022 with this volume of our journal. Other organizations might have waited until February 2023, the fiftieth anniversary of Volume 1, Number 1, in 1973. Not us. We cannot wait to highlight the success of our journal that, since its inception, has been produced entirely by an all-volunteer staff and supported by a volunteer board of directors.

Below is the masthead for the inaugural 1973 issue of Bird Observer of Eastern Massachusetts with Paula Butler at the helm. Compare it to our masthead on page 4 to see how staffing the journal has changed to reflect today’s times.

How many volunteers have worked on Bird Observer in the past 50 years? We will answer that question in a later issue. Indeed, we will be featuring articles about Bird Observer in all six of our 2022 issues starting in this issue with “Bird Observer Turns 50: Reflections of the Editors.”

Volunteer Staff Openings at Bird Observer

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 00:00:01 GMT

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February 2022

Letter from the Editor

Volunteer Staff Openings at Bird Observer