[wisb] Early Bird-athon results!

From: "Barzen, Barbara A - NRF" <Barbara.Barzen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 10:35:21 -0500
A huge THANK YOU to those who have used your binoculars, boots, bikes, birding 
skills, generosity, and passion to bring the current total raised by the Great 
Wisconsin Birdathon to nearly $48,000 to date.  Donations are welcomed and 
encouraged through the end of June, so we hope to match 2013's $56,000 by then.
We are still tallying team checklists, but we are guessing that this year's 
total number of species observed will easily surpass last year's total of 252 
species.  The final list will be posted later this week.

Once again, the stats and stories of the Great Wisconsin Birdathon are a 
testament to Wisconsin's conservation ethic and proactive citizens.

Here are a few highlights to date:

-       70 birding teams and 180+ birders have participated.

-       The youngest team member was Maggie 
Paulios<http://www.wibirdathon.org/nrfw/participantpage.asp?fundid19&uid738&fkroledescid=1>,
 age 9, on the Bird City: McFarland team.

-       The oldest team member was Jean 
Clausen<http://www.wibirdathon.org/nrfw/participantpage.asp?fundid34&uid703&fkroledescid=1>,
 age 98, who helped The Mazomanie Mavens find 65 species, from her kitchen 
table just feet away from the Lower Wisconsin River.

-       Team Bird So 
Hard<http://www.wibirdathon.org/nrfw/teampage.asp?fundid89> found the most 
species - 192!  Thanks to David La Puma, Max Henschell, Paul Schilke, Quentin 
Yoerger, and Tom Prestby for this amazing effort.

-       Cutright's Old 
Coots<http://www.wibirdathon.org/nrfw/teampage.asp?fundid66> raised the most 
money so far -- $4,731 as of today. Many thanks to Carl Schwartz, Tom Uttech, 
Joan Sommer, and Marilyn Bontly for their 21-hour Big Day, dedicated to the 
late, great Noel Cutright.

-       Bill Mueller coordinated the Long Walk for Birds, which involved around 
40 birders who walked segments of a 300+ mile long route from Kenosha to 
Marinette.  The Long Walk 
Team<http://www.wibirdathon.org/nrfw/teampage.asp?fundid73> has raised $7,834 
to date and want to reach the $10,000 mark, to match what Bill's 246 mile Long 
Walk raised last year.

-       Lydia 
Martin<http://www.wibirdathon.org/nrfw/participantpage.asp?fundid09&uid615&fkroledescid=5>,
 a 15 year old from Mt. Horeb, did her second Great Wisconsin Birdathon as a 
4-H project and raised $541 so far.  Stay tuned for her Big Day results!

-       Natural Resources Foundation staffers fielded the first ever Foundation 
Flamingos<http://www.wibirdathon.org/nrfw/teampage.asp?fundid26> team!

-       This year's Birdathon involved 8 Bird 
Cities<http://www.birdcitywisconsin.org/>, 4 Wisconsin Bird Conservation 
Initiative organizations<http://www.wisconsinbirds.org/>, 7 Signature Teams, 8 
Birding Blitz field trips, 39 Oriole Count 
teams<http://www.wibirdathon.org/nrfw/teampage.asp?fundid84>, and 20 
individual teams!

It is not too late to donate, so encourage your friends to support the 2014 
Great Wisconsin Birdathon at WIBirdathon.org<http://www.WIBirdathon.org>.  
Support for any team or individual in any amount would be greatly appreciated!

Birdathon donations support eight important bird conservation 
projects<http://www.wibirdathon.org/nrfw/cute_editor_uploads/BPF_priorities_2014.pdf>
 and leverage additional, sorely needed grant funding.

Thank you again for devoting your time, skills, and resources to Wisconsin's 
birds!

The Great Wisconsin Birdathon Team
   Barb Barzen, Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin
   Alyson Douglas, Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin
   Karen Etter Hale, Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative and Madison Audubon 
Society
   Sumner Matteson, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
   Maria Sadowski, Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin
   Carl Schwartz, Wisconsin Society for Ornithology
   Jim Shurts, Volunteer





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