$165
Raised of $1,000
Based on 84 bird species each worth $1.37
Nathan Pieplow
Fundraiser Profile
84/62 bird species
Participating in 2025 Colorado Birding Challenge
Sep 6, 2025
Team Captain of Clear Creek Crossbills
I'm Participating in the 2025 COBC on Sept. 6 and I Need Your Support!
I'm excited to participate in the 2025 Colorado Birding Challenge! I'm going to try and find as many species of birds as I can on Sept. 6 to support Colorado Field Ornithologists and its conservation mission.
You can support my team by making a donation or pledging an amount for each bird species we find.
CFO's mission is important to me and I'm proud to help them make a difference. Please support me by giving to my page. Every dollar counts!
Thank you!
About the Event
Sep 6, 2025
Nathan Pieplow
3 mo. ago
84
bird species
$1.37
Per bird species
$115.08
Earned
The crossbills crushed it in Clear Creek County. It's safe to say we didn't expect anywhere near the 84 species we got. But it was an amazing day of migration in the high country. Every strip of riparian willows was bursting with warblers. The fields were full of sparrows. Raptors were on the move over the mountains.
The biggest highlight was the Magnolia Warbler we found at Alvarado Open Space Park, a first record for the county. Other terrific finds included a Nashville Warbler, multiple Clay-colored Sparrows, a Northern Pygmy-Owl, Eastern and Western Kingbirds, Western Bluebird, and Lesser Goldfinch. We finished with a Boreal Owl on the road to Guanella Pass.
Given the lack of surface water in the county, we were pretty happy with our haul of three duck species and one sandpiper, although it would have been nice to get a goose or a heron. We finished without a single blackbird or swallow.
Enormous thanks to our donors. As promised, we named a bird after each and every one, from Ashley the Osprey to Peter the pygmy-owl.
https://ebird.org/tripreport/409115
There's still time to donate and get a bird named after YOU!
