Thank you for making a pledge to our participating birders!

Annual Birdathon Fundraiser

This year, our chapter marks its 45th 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 on the form to the right who will be participating in our chapter’s annual BIRDATHON on May 5th. 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,c onnecting people with nature, providing education opportunities for the public, and collecting scientific data through bird counts and birdbanding.
Those organizations are:

Northwest Illinois Audubon Society
National Audubon’s Mississippi River Initiative
Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin
Belize Audubon Society
Stewards of the Upper Mississippi
Sand Bluff Bird Observatory

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