On April 25th my team mates on the Shrewd Shrikes birdathon team and I did a Big Sit on the Canopy Walk at Houston Audubon's Smith Oaks Sanctuary. It was a great place to do a Big Sit type Birdathon. On a Big Sit a team has to identify as many species as they can see and ID while staying within a 50 ft. radius circle. Since we were doing this on the Canopy walk, up in the tree tops we were a bit more constrained as it is not 50 ft wide but we still managed to identify 70 different species of birds from our area that day. Not bad for a Big Sit.
I hope that you can donate to Houston Audubon for our Shrewd Shrikes team.
Thanks so much,
Mary Ann
Birdathon is Houston Audubon's community fundraiser where teams of all skill levels are encouraged to get out in nature and count birds while enjoying nature and supporting Houston Audubon's work in the protection of birds through habitat restoration, surveying and monitoring, nature education, supporting bird-friendly communities, and advocacy efforts.
Please consider donating! Teams will have 24 hours to complete their counts!
| Supporters | |||
| Name | Date | Amount | Comments |
| Evan Gray | 05/10/2023 | $103.39 | Great work at the Big Sit! | Deb Neubek | 05/08/2023 | $51.85 | Thanks for all You do Mary Ann! | Paul and Sandy Brindamour | 05/06/2023 | $75.00 | Wow, that's a bird-a-palooza. Nice work! | Gerard del Junco | 05/06/2023 | $50.00 | Eileen Stade | 05/05/2023 | $100.00 | What sharp eye y'all have! | Mary Ann Beauchemin | 05/04/2023 | $150.00 | John Dickinson | 05/04/2023 | $200.00 | Mary Ann, great work given your challenging constraints! Nancy and John | Susan Levy | 05/04/2023 | $25.00 | Bernard Silgardo | 05/04/2023 | $125.00 | Great job! | Deborah Lancaster | 05/04/2023 | $25.00 | What a birdy year! |
| Total | $905.24 | ||