Annual Birdathon Fundraiser

This year, our chapter marks its 47th year of sponsoring a BIRDATHON fundraising event! In that time, thousands of dollars have been raised for bird conservation.

Please join us in making this year’s effort our best yet!

We invite you to make a pledge to any of the birders listed in our newsletter (Jesse Atkins, Richard Benning, Mary Blackmore, Judy Corrie, Jeremy Dixon, Wyatt Dixon, Teresa Smith, Anne Straight, Gary Gordon, Dylan Lewis, Kent Lewis, Laura Dufford, Juliet and Willow Moderow, Bernard Lischwe and Kara and Bob Gallup) who will be participating in our chapter’s annual BIRDATHON on May 3rd. Your pledge, for instance 15¢, will be per SPECIES of bird that your selected birder(s) identifies on that day. Your birder will contact you after the count with their species total and collect your contribution.

Your money indeed goes where the birds go! All BIRDATHON proceeds are shared by organizations that do a tremendous job of:

• protecting and improving bird habitat

• on wintering grounds, migration corridors and nesting sites,

• connecting people with nature,

• providing education opportunities for the public, and

• collecting scientific data through bird counts and birdbanding.

THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ARE:

Northwest Illinois Bird and Nature Alliance

National Audubon’s Mississippi River Initiative

Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin

Belize Audubon Society

Stewards of the Upper Mississippi

Sand Bluff Bird Observatory

Please complete the pledge form inserted in our April/May newsletter mailed to you, and return the form by mail to the address indicated on the form. Note: you may also print the newsletter from our website and fill in the form page that way.

THANK YOU so much for your support of birds and our BIRDATHON!