$3,225
Raised of $3,000
Birders Beyond Borders
Team Profile
1,188 total birds seen
Team participating in CEC Birdathon - May 5-21, 2023
Takes place May 21, 2023
Captained by Martha Hill
Our Birdathon Adventure
Birders Beyond Borders is excited to take part in the CEC Birdathon for the third year! Cope Environmental Center's mission is very important to each of us and we're proud to support them in their programming. We're looking forward to two great weeks of birding in Indiana, Ohio, Arizona, Texas, Mexico, Maine, Utah, France, Italy and Switzerland! So please support us in our international effort by giving to our page. Every dollar counts! Thank you.
Team Members 6
Martha Hill
Mark Stackhouse
Chris Babcock
Scott Rauland
Richard Wiesler
Michael Good
2 yr. ago
219
birds seen
$0.46
Per bird seen
$100.74
Earned
I totally enjoyed Birders Beyond Borders this year. We had some amazing birds and I was lucky to bird in both Texas and Maine. I appreciate being part of the Cope Environmental education efforts and wish you all the best in 2023.
Martha Hill
2 yr. ago
What a great two weeks birding for CEC in support of all the great programming they do! Not only was I able to enjoy a lot of migrating birds in Indiana, but I spent a week birding my old stomping grounds in Arizona and loved seeing the Gambel's Quails, Crested Caracaras, an Elegant Trogon and Red-faced Warblers. Then off to a graduation in Nebraska where I was able to spend a day birding and enjoyed seeing Black Terns at a lake outside Lincoln.
Scott Rauland
2 yr. ago
127
birds seen
$1.77
Per bird seen
$224.79
Earned
We started the birdathon with a short trip to the Camargue in southern France, one of the top places to go birdwatching in Europe. It more than met our expectations, with the highlight obviously being the Greater Flamingos. We finished with 103 species, a very good showing.
The Southwest corner of Switzerland, by contrast, was nowhere near as species-rich, but after checking out a number of places on both Lake Geneva and Lake Neuchatel, two of Switzerland’s largest lakes, I ended up with 67 species for my efforts.
With overlap between the two countries, I ended up with 127 species. While that is under my goal, I learned a lot about some beautiful places in both countries, and came back with plenty of memories and photographs to share.
Donations 40
About Cope Environmental Center
Our mission at Cope Environmental Center is to promote the sustainable use of the earth’s resources through education, demonstration, and research. Our vision is to inspire and challenge individuals and communities to achieve ecologically sustainable lifestyles to secure a sustainable future for all life on earth.