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PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE
BOARDERLINE BIRDERS TEAM - 2009 BIRD-A-THON
THE RESULTS ARE IN: We more than DOUBLED our species count from last year--36 last year to 80 this year!
Wow, did we see some cool stuff:
-A Bald Eagle in hot pursuit of an Osprey (fish eagle) grasping a slippery fish in its talons. Awesome.
-Wood Duck in breeding plumage. Beautiful.
-Acorn Woodpeckers that pecked a gazillion holes in cypress trees at Point Reyes where they carefully place acorns not to eat, but to attract bugs. Smart.
-A Peregrine Falcon, with speeds up to 200 mph(!), on the look-out for a feeding opportunity. Fast!
-A group of massive, but graceful Brown Pelicans flying low over Bolinas Lagoon. Endangered.
-A Sora Rail hiding in the reeds, identified only by its call. Secretive.
I ask all my SMART friends to do something AWESOME and act FAST in donating to PRBO so they can continue over 40 years of providing the best science to protect the habitats of the BEAUTIFUL birds we identified, and prevent any more from becoming ENDANGERED. If your generosity is so big that the IRS might wonder where you got all that extra cash no worries, be SECRETIVE and donate anonymously.
For all of you waiting to donate on a Per Species basis your magic number is 80. A simple chart follows, but you can donate any amount you wish.
Per Species Donation Total Donation
$100 $8,000 (one of these and I’d meet my fundraising goal)
$10 $800
$5 $400
$4 $320
$3 $240
$2 $160
$1 $80
$.50 $40
BONUS: if you donate $40 or more you qualify as a PRBO member for one year.
PRBO’s work has been recognized in scholarly circles and in on-the-ground conservation for decades, and is becoming more and more familiar publicly. PRBO has been featured on the front page of the SF Chronicle twice in the past month and continues to achieve national exposure for its cutting-edge science.
Thank you to those who has already donated and thanks to everyone for indulging me on these long emails, it is very much appreciated. I believe strongly in PRBO and its mission.
Thanks also to my terrific Boarderline Birders team members Geoff Geupel (our fun and outrageously knowledgeable team scientist and without who we would have counted less birds than last year), Andy Rumer and Riyad Salma.
Thanks, Ed Sarti
cell 415-233-1880
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2009 Bird-A-Thon Results - 80 Species Identified
Bolinas Lagoon, Agate Beach, Five Brooks, Olema, Tomales Bay, Corte Madera Creek
Western Grebe
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Double-Crested Cormorant
Brandt’s Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night Heron
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Northern Pintail
American Widgeon
Ruddy Duck
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
California Quail
Sora rail
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
American Black Oystercathcer
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godtwit
Black Turnstone
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Red Pharalope
Western Gull
Caspian Tern
Elegant Tern
Common Murre
Anna’s Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Acorn Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Western Wood Pewee
Western Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Barn Swallow
Steller’s Jay
Scrub Jay
American Crow
Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Bushtit
Pygmy Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick’s Wren
Marsh Wren
Wrentit
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Warbling Vireo
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
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