The state Department of Environmental Conservation has launched a program to provide libraries with birding kits their patrons can check out. And a Rochester library is the first to get them.
The Frederick Douglass Community Library on South Avenue received two birding backpacks to loan out. Each pack is stocked with the things a beginning bird-watcher would need: binoculars and instructions for using them, a beginner’s guide to birding, a pocket guide to New York state birds, and more.
Between all of our innovative staff and our community partnerships, there’s always something to discover in your libraries that you didn’t know was there,” said Emily Clasper, director of the Rochester Public Library and Monroe County Library System. “So we are very thrilled to add to our collection these backpacks that will aid our patrons as they learn to enjoy birding.”…