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$270

Raised of $1,000

Antifascist Bird Society and Friends

Team participating in Birdathon for Mutual Aid Disaster Relief

Takes place Oct 16-19, 2026

Captained by Corvus 𓄿

We're birding for a better world! Can you cheer us on?

Our team is excited to be a part of Feminist Bird Club's Birdathon for Mutual Aid Disaster Relief! We are coming together to celebrate the inclusive nature of bird joy while fundraising for Mutual Aid Disaster Relief; a grassroots disaster relief network based on the principles of solidarity, mutual aid, and autonomous direct action.

Please help our team reach our goal by leaving a flat donation or making a pledge to support any of our team members in this inclusive campaign.  

Thank you for your support, and stay tuned for birding updates from our team!

Team Members 4

Corvus 𓄿

5 days ago

Feminist Bird Club just sent out a message celebrating the bird-a-thon and letting everyone know that they are taking 20% of the proceeds for themselves. That is a massive cut when they are claiming to be organizing a fund for MUTUAL AID DISASTER RELIEF. I have donated to FBC and bought merch from them in the past. I do not oppose them taking donations in general, however when you claim to be organizing a benefit for a disaster relief organization, you don't take 1/5 of the money without making that VERY clear to the participants, not just some fine print.

As a result I am withdrawing my pledge and sending it directly to mutual aid disaster relief. I will also be rethinking money given to FBC in the future. They used an outside company for this fundraiser site so it is not as if they are running a website. They certainly do not require $6,000 to run this fundraiser over a disaster relief organizations use for that money.

I believe organizers and workers should be paid for their work but most of the organizing is done by clubs who pay dues to the larger feminist bird club. I don't know how they're fundraising works and never questioned it until today. This lack of transparency is very disappointing and I hope they will learn from their mistakes.

If you would like to join me in withdrawing your donation and sending it directly to mutual aid disaster relief as we had all expected to be doing, you can donate to them here. It is your choice and I'm cool with whatever you choose to do.
https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/donate/

John Dzikiy

5 days ago

92

bird species found

$0.75

Per bird species found

$69

Earned

Had a good time birding Cape May and Forsythe NWR and ended up getting 93 species!

Corvus 𓄿

5 days ago

Oops, turns out the bird was a greater yellowlegs, not a SOSA! The bird was so backlit and blurry through my broken camera that I thought half their legs were dirt and couldn't see color or detail until the photos were on the bigger clear screen of my computer.

Here's the trip report for the final day and a heavily obscured rusty blackbird for good measure.

https://ebird.org/tripreport/586269

Donations 9

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