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Birdseed Ornaments

12/21/2025

The SAIL Pathfinders usually have a little party and either work on a fun honor or make something for the Church at our last meeting of the year before Christmas. This year, the SAILs got together to make birdseed ornaments to hand out. We are studying birds currently, and heading down to the Rio Grande Valley soon to observe winter birds, so our ornaments match our current theme. The SAILs also made cards to go with the ornaments, and handed our cardinal lapel pins. We are looking forward to a busy week after Christmas, when we head south for our club winter campout, then come back to Austin to host a practice PBE event for Central Texas.

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SAIL Meetings - Marching and Birds

12/5/2025

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The SAILs have been using the time between the CTX Camporee and our upcoming winter club campout to hone our skills and practice teamwork. In November, the TLTs stepped into the leadership roll, planning and facilitating a club meeting focused on improving our drilling and marching skills. Marching, at its most basic, is about getting a group of people from one place to another together. But it is much more than that - it hones personal responsibility and teamwork, focuses on physical skills and coordination, enhances listening skills, and develops leaders through command. Two of our TLTs have been attending annual drill bootcamps, learning and strengthening their skills for marching and drill and color guard, and instilling them with the confidence and capability to lead and teach these skills. During the recent club meeting, during the final drill down competition, our Junior unit came out on top - proving that age or n. umber of years in Pathfinders is not a limit to confident drill.

During our most recent meeting we began our unit on birds, learning about their unique characteristics as animals, and practicing our skills at bird identification. In a small team interactive quiz, the Pathfinders learned to spot physical clues about birds and how to navigate bird identification field guides. We focused on Central Texas birds, but will be expanding our purview as we prepare to head south in late December. If you want to practice, here is a PDF copy of our quiz.

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Birdseed Ornaments

SAIL Meetings - Marching and Birds

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