$472
Raised of $250
Based on 90 bird species found each worth $5.24
Abigail Holmes
Fundraiser Profile
90/75 bird species found
Participating in Birdathon for Mutual Aid Disaster Relief
Oct 16-19, 2026
Member of Feminist Bird Club Houston
I’m birding for a better world! Can you cheer me on?
I'm excited to be a part of Feminist Bird Club's Birdathon for Mutual Aid Disaster Relief! Our birding community is 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.
My husband, Drew, and I will spend the weekend looking for 75 individual bird species and (hopefully) getting some good photos to share with you! We will be looking for lots of fun migrant and wintering species in the greater Houston/Galveston area.
Please help us reach our goal by leaving a flat donation or making a pledge to support our birding efforts! Your support will help provide critical funds for those who are affected by climate disasters all over the world.
Thank you for considering and stay tuned for birding updates!
Abigail Holmes
5 days ago
21
bird species found
$5.24
Per bird species found
$110.04
Earned
Help we can’t stop finding birds
70. Northern shoveler
71. Yellow-billed cuckoo
72. Black-necked stilt
73. American avocet
74. Semipalmated plover
75. Spotted sandpiper
76. Lesser yellowlegs
77. Greater yellowlegs
78. Pectoral sandpiper
79. Glossy ibis
80. Yellow-crowned night heron
81. Bald eagle
82. Northern flicker
83. Ruby-crowned kinglet
84. Marsh wren
85. Brown thrasher
86. Red-winged blackbird
87. Boat-tailed grackle
88. Orange-crowned warbler
89. Nashville warbler
90. Palm warbler
Abigail Holmes
6 days ago
54
bird species found
$5.24
Per bird species found
$282.96
Earned
BIG day 2 update! We stopped at three different spots today and picked up 54 more species. The biggest highlight was getting our lifer vermilion flycatcher (so handsome and red and polite). We also got to see one of my favorite wintering birds, the yellow-bellied sapsucker, for the first time this migration season and watched an American kestrel go hunting. After a massive afternoon nap we’re feeling positive about reaching our species goal tomorrow 🫡
16. Little blue heron
17. Black vulture
18. Turkey vulture
19. Red-bellied woodpecker
20. Blue-winged teal
21. Mottled duck
22. Rock pigeon
23. Sora
24. Common gallinule
25. American coot
26. Killdeer
27. Sanderling
28. Dunlin
29. Least sandpiper
30. Western sandpiper
31. Semipalmated sandpiper
32. Laughing gull
33. Royal tern
34. Pied-billed grebe
35. Anhinga
36. Double-crested cormorant
37. Neotropic cormorant
38. White ibis
39. White-faced ibis
40. Tricolored heron
41. Snowy egret
42. Western cattle egret
43. Great egret
44. Great blue heron
45. Brown pelican
46. Osprey
47. Red-shouldered hawk
48. Belted kingfisher
49. Yellow-bellied sapsucker
50. American kestrel
51. Eastern phoebe
52. Vermilion flycatcher
53. Scissor-tailed flycatcher
54. American crow
55. Bank swallow
56. Northern rough-winged swallow
57. Barn swallow
58. Cave swallow
59. Blue-gray gnatcatcher
60. European starling
61. Gray catbird
62. Eastern bluebird
63. House finch
64. Savannah sparrow
65. Lincoln’s sparrow
66. Swamp sparrow
67. Eastern meadowlark
68. Yellow-rumped warbler
69. Red-tailed hawk
Abigail Holmes
1 wk. ago
15
bird species found
$5.24
Per bird species found
$78.60
Earned
Started off strong with 15 species on Rice University’s campus, including this cutie immature Allen’s hummingbird! Its normal migration route is along the west coast from Oregon and California through central Mexico.
1. White-winged dove
2. Mourning dove
3. Ruby-throated hummingbird
4. Allen’s hummingbird
5. Downy woodpecker
6. Blue jay
7. Carolina chickadee
8. Northern mockingbird
9. Scaly-breasted munia
10. House sparrow
11. Great-tailed grackle
12. Common yellowthroat
13. Northern cardinal
14. Indigo bunting
15. Dickcissel
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