Fledgling bird-watchers give new wings to the study of birds

A goldfinch flies between perches in the meadow at the Susquehannock Wildlife Society.

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Nick Spigler’s room and this is what you’ll find: The delicate nest of a tree swallow, some as-yet-undissected owl pellets wrapped in plastic, and row upon row of books devoted wholly to birds. Clearly, the 15-year-old Bel Air resident has his head in the clouds, his feet off the ground.