Bird Days Bonus
Biothon! Bird-A-Thon!
Breakfast and Birding!
Support your Birding Buddies
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The Hitchcock Center’s 18th Annual 2017 Biothon starts May 12th! You’ve heard of marathons, walk-a-thons, and dance-a-thons: this is our version.
Biothon is a fundraiser for the Hitchcock Center’s environmental education programs. And it’s a fun and educational way to document the biodiversity of our region. Biothon is a team event during peak spring biodiversity.
Teams choose the time, location, and species to count: birds, plants, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, insects, or everything! Teams collect pledges in support of their outing.
Teams will be out identifying species in the Valley at specific sites for any time period (up to 24-hours) on Friday, May 12 – Sunday, May 14 or on Friday, June 2 – Sunday, June 4. Teams choose their day and time, where to go out, and what species to count.
Your participation helps us to document our region’s biodiversity, and strengthen high-quality environmental education programs for our whole community – thank you!
Ways you can get involved with Biothon
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Form your own Biothon team
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Donate to Biothon
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Join a Biothon team - see www.hitchcockcenter.org
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Hitchcock Center for the Environment
Biothon 2017
Mass Audubon Arcadia and Connecticut River Valley Wildlife Sanctuaries
Bird-A-Thon
Arcadia, and the Connecticut River Valley Wildlife Sanctuaries, will participate in Mass Audubon’s annual Bird-A-Thon, Friday May 12, 6:00 p.m. - Saturday, May 13, 6:00 p.m.
In this 24 hour period, teams across the state will be counting bird species in this fun fund raising event.
This year the Connecticut River Valley Sanctuaries will raise money to help create one of three Mass Audubon Climate Action Centers. As a Climate Action Center we will be creating interpretive displays, piloting a youth climate summit, expanding our climate educational programs in schools, and creating a speaker series.
Please help us by donating to this global issue.
Please visit our website at http://web.massaudubon.org/site/TR/bird-a-thon/Bird-a-thon?team_id=1102&pg=team&fr_id=1040
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Ways you can get involved with Bird-A-Thon
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Bird for our team
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Become a “booster” raising funds for the CRVS team
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Donate
For more information visit our website at the link http://web.massaudubon.org/site/TR/bird-a-thon/Bird-a-thon?team_id=1102&pg=team&fr_id=1040,
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or contact Patti at Psteinman@massaudubon.org,
or Chuck at chornrita66@comcast.net
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Kestrel Land Trust
Breakfast and Birding
Belchertown, MA (Location provided after registration.)
Celebrate spring with birdsong, good food, and great people. Join Kestrel Land Trust at a picturesque conservation area in Belchertown to explore meadows and forest edges to learn about migratory and resident birds.
David Peake-Jones, Board Member of Hampshire Bird Club, and Dave King, research wildlife biologist with the US Forest Service, will be your expert guides to the season’s avian visitors.
After the trek, we’ll return to the cozy homestead next door to enjoy a delicious hot breakfast spread with local ingredients and great company!
Cost: $25 per person. Space is limited, and RSVP is required. http://www.KestrelTrust.org/connect/ Proceeds benefit Kestrel Land Trust.
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