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$1,300

Raised of $2,000

Chirp Chasers

Team participating in Great Wisconsin Birdathon 2024

Takes place Apr 15 - Jun 15, 2024

Captained by Alison Sazama

Support the Chirp Chasers in the Great Wisconsin Birdathon!

In 2023 the Great Wisconsin Birdathon teams raised over $122,000! These funds are collected and managed by the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin through the Bird Protection Fund. The funds are then used for numerous conservation projects to aid the most threatened and endangered bird species.

We have lost many of our songbirds to habitat destruction and a myriad of other threats. This year the Bobolink is the Birdathon’s 2024 #BirdOfTheYear. Typically found in grasslands, this species is of special concern in Wisconsin with declining habitat.

As in years past, the Chippewa County Land Conservancy’s Chirp Chaser team is participating in the Birdathon to #BringBirdsBack. The Chirp Chasers are birding throughout the weekend of May 4th hoping to spot as many species as possible. Our goal is at least 125 species.

In our first year we raised $500 and last year we raised a whopping $3,750! And don't forget, two equally deserving conservation organizations receive these funds to support their missions. The Natural Resources Foundation along with the Chippewa County Land Conservancy split the proceeds. It's a win-win!

Please consider donating to our team or a team member. Your support matters and no donation is too small. Birds are happiness generators and they need our help! Thank you in advance for your support.

The Chirp Chasers

To make a donation online click on "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!)

Team Members 5

Alison Sazama

1 wk. ago

45

bird species seen

$4.80

Per bird species seen

$216

Earned

I've been so busy birding I haven't had time to enter my species! Here they are:

Wood Duck, American Robin, Chipping Sparrow, Blue- gray Gnatcatcher, Bald Eagle, Brewers Blackbird, Red-wing Blackbird, Hairy Woodpecker, Cedar Waxwing, White-throated Sparrow, Downy Woodpecker, Red-headed Woodpecker, Common Yellow Throat, Field Sparrow, White Crowned Sparrow, Eastern Towhee, Brown Thrasher, American Coot, Rough-winged Swallow, Belted Kingfisher, Great Blue Heron, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Cardinal, Green Heron, Spotted Sandpiper, Blue Jay, American Crow, Cowbird, Ruby Crowned Kinglet, Least Flycatcher, Golden-winged Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Wild Turkey, Catbird, Rose Breasted Grosbeak, Eastern Kingbird, Yellow Warbler, Northern Harrier, Baltimore Oriole, Black and White Warbler, Yellow Throated Vireo, Cliff Swallow, American Goldfinch, White Breasted Nuthatch, Tufted Titmouse.

Kristi Lund

2 wk. ago

Unexpected birding

Wednesday's birding excursion was a 4 mile urban walk around a beautifully restored shoreline of Bass Lake in St Louis Park, MN. The usual waterbirds were numerous on this cold, windy morning. Then, from a delightful wooded path came a loud warbling sound. Easy to spot and foraging on the native box elder canopy was the pale olove gray, light yellow Warbling Vireo.

Kristi Lund

2 wk. ago

2

Checklist submitted

$4.80

Per Checklist submitted

$9.60

Earned

Incidental Birding

It's so rewarding to experience a bird purely by accident but by just being present - to a flyby, a call, a movement. This morning driving through downtown heading towards the Chippewa River birds overhead caught my attention - two crows chasing a larger bird. Eventually the three headed up to the East Hill of Chippewa, the larger heading to "The White Pine" near Nortre Dame and flashed a white tail. This eagle nest can be viewed on live cam via FB.

Late last week i stepped outside to shake a rug. Totally by surprise, a catbird (first of year) gave its signature "meow". Guess it pays to clean house.

This week with winds and warmer temps anticipates to bring new species.

Thanks for supporting the Wisconsin Great Birdathon and Chirp Chasers!

Contributions 29

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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!