$280

Raised of $250

Based on 91 birds seen each worth $3.08

Kristi Lund

91/65 birds seen

Apr 15 - Jun 15, 2023

Member of Chirp Chasers

Support my team in the Great Wisconsin Birdathon!

I am looking forward to participating in Great Wisconsin Birdathon 2023 benefiting Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin. Please help me support their important mission by making a donation to my page or pledging per bird seen during my campaign. Every gift helps me reach my goal of $500. No gift is too small.

I am also a member of a non-profit organization, Chippewa County Land Conservancy. Our mission is to help preserve lands that have the potential to be ideal habitat for birds and other wildlife. 50% of the funds raised will come back to this local organization! I really appreciate your support. Thank you!

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!)

Kristi Lund

1 yr. ago

3

birds seen

$3.08

Per bird seen

$9.24

Earned

While biking this week solo deep in the Chippewa River basin, a silent barred owl peered at eye level, a large bird above. Merlin simultaneously recorded a Red-shouldered Hawk! New to the list while birding Door County is the Philadelphia Vireo, a secretive bird of brushy, dense vegetation and the blue gray gnatcatcher. Close to home in a protected wetland was the Willow Flycatcher, noted for its distinctive call, "Phitzbew!".

Thank you for your generous support to protect birds!

Kristi Lund

1 yr. ago

1

birds seen

$3.08

Per bird seen

$3.08

Earned

The Dickcissel

An unexpected treat today while biking to Jim Falls was the distinct call of the Dickcissel, a grassland species. I love this bird's raspy call, "dickcissel cissel cissel cissel". This long distance migrant often perches on high wires or plants and is not shy about making it's call heard!

Kristi Lund

1 yr. ago

16

birds seen

$3.08

Per bird seen

$49.28

Earned

Looking for additional species has gotten me into wetlands, fields and forests. An unexpected and exciting observation was from my bedroom window at midnight - the repeated call of the Eastern whip-poor-will.

On wish list to observe: Yellow billed cuckoo, Red headed woodpecker!

Kristi Lund

1 yr. ago

1

birds seen

$3.08

Per bird seen

$3.08

Earned

Kristi Lund

1 yr. ago

70

birds seen

$3.08

Per bird seen

$215.60

Earned

Today"s updated number of birds seen includes diving and other shorebirds Liam and I saw at LWSP and Woodwards' Ponds early May.

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Donations made to the Great Wisconsin Birdathon support the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin’s Bird Protection Fund, which has given out over $1.3 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 Connecticut Warblers, 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.

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