$1,837
Raised of $1,234
Millennial Falcons
Team Profile
873 total number of bird species seen
Team participating in Great Wisconsin Birdathon 2026
Takes place Apr 15 - Jun 15, 2026
Captained by Ben Lam
Support our team in the Great Wisconsin Birdathon!
The Great Wisconsin Birdathon is back and NRF's Wayfarers team, the Millennial Falcons, is returning for its tenth year! Join us on Saturday, May 30th for a fun-filled day of birding for a good cause. Our goal is to find some of our favorite birds, get outside to some amazing areas surrounding Madison, and raise $1,234 to protect the birds of the galaxy!
Where are we heading? Here’s a rough plan of our day – meet up with us for any or all of it!
7:00 am to 9:00 am: Picnic Point (Lakeshore Nature Preserve)
– 2003 University Bay Dr, Madison, WI 53705 (main parking lot)
9:30 am to 11:30 am: Nine Springs
– Capital City Trl, Madison, WI 53713
12:00 pm to 12:30 pm: Vienna Pothole Wildlife Area/ County V Ponds
– Small parking lot on Schumacher Rd
12:45 pm: End/Late Lunch at Lone Girl Brewing in Waunakee
– 114 E Main St #101, Waunakee, WI 53597
RSVP via this Google Form by May 27th if you’d like to bird with us.
Birds need our help! North America has lost over 3 billion birds since the 1970s, but we can help #BringBirdsBack. By donating to our team, you're supporting the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin's Bird Protection Fund, which funds Wisconsin's highest priority bird conservation projects.
Your support would mean a lot to our team. Birds have made an incredible difference in our lives and we want to protect them. Every dollar counts when it comes to helping our birds, so no donation is too small. Thank you for considering!
Make a donation online by clicking "donate" above, or mail a check to: Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin, ATTN: Great Wisconsin Birdathon, 211 S. Paterson St., Suite 100, Madison, WI 53703 (and include our team's name in the memo line!)
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Adrianna Mena
Lisa Charron
Hillary Thompson
Zachary Pickett
Alex Kaspar
Zachary Pickett
1 day ago
Friends,
Thank you to everyone who participated and donated to the Millennial Falcons and the 2026 Great Wisconsin Birdathon!
Our team exceeded our goal just short of 150%, and the Birdathon as a whole exceeded its fundraising goal just short of 102%. That is a massive accomplishment not only for the Bird Protection Fund, but also for the many organizations invested in projects and initiatives into getting people outside, engaging with our feathered friends, and doing something to preserve the habitat and resources that we all call home.
Over the course of the Birdathon, 284 different species of birds were observed all over Wisconsin between April 15 - June 15. Our team enjoyed seeing the many goslings and ducklings tagging along with their parents, a softshell turtle basking in the sun, and the many summer resident birds showing off when we went out May 30th.
Because of your time, talents, resources, and engagement to do something, we had another rockin' year for the Falcons for the new and returning participants in Madison. Since joining this team years ago, I've always found each Birdathon refreshing with new surprises, adventures, and memories together even in places where I'd been a million times.
I thank God for the care and concern He has for this world and that He brings to light in all of you concerned about the future of the birds, our communities, and our planet. Thank you all again for soaring with the Millennial Falcons this year!
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Your Donation Makes a Difference For Birds
Donations made to the Great Wisconsin Birdathon support the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin’s Bird Protection Fund, which has given out over $1.4 million towards Wisconsin’s highest priority bird conservation projects since its inception in 2009.
Whether it's creating Piping Plover habitat, rearing Whooping Crane chicks, spreading awareness about declining songbirds, supporting community initiatives for bird-friendly neighborhoods, engaging new and underrepresented voices in the birding community, building impactful collaborations to protect Wisconsin's Important Bird Areas, or protecting our neotropical migrants on their long migratory journeys to Central America... the Bird Protection Fund is there to help.
Your donations make this work possible. Thank you for supporting on-the-ground conservation and being there #ForTheBirds!