April 22 is Earth Day. Today more than ever, we humans must stand together to counter the negative impacts of human population growth on our planet. As birders, we are already somewhat aware of conservation issues. Please consider what you can change in your present lifestyle to improve our planet, and resolve to do this. Just like a New Year’s resolution.
And what better day than Earth Day to resolve to join CFO in conserving grassland birds! If you haven’t yet signed up for the Colorado Birding Challenge on May 8, you can register on our website at Cobirds.org/CFO/COBC. There are several ways to participate. You can 1. Register a competitive team in your county of choice 2. Register a non-competing team 3. Join an existing team that has open seats 4. Collect donations and pledges for your team 5. Make a donation or pledge for your favorite team We are halfway to our goal of signing up 100 teams across the state and halfway to our goal of participating in all 64 counties, with under three weeks to go until May 8. Pledges are starting to roll in but we are still far from our fundraising goal of $50,000. Many bird species are already arriving as spring advances. I’ve been seeing eBird checklists with more than 50 species of birds in just a couple hours of observation. So you don’t need to dedicate the whole day on May 8 to the Challenge. Even a couple of hours can have a large impact. Any checklist you submit to eBird on May 8 will contribute to eBird’s Global Big Day and help celebrate International Migratory Bird Day. Many of you are already signed up for an annual spring bird count on May 8. You can make the birds you see on your survey count towards the Colorado Birding Challenge! Just register as a CoBC team and collect conservation pledges from your friends, family, local businesses, etc. Let’s act together to make big progress toward achieving these conservation fundraising goals today, Earth Day. Do it for the birds we all love so much. If you need assistance with registering or have other questions about the Colorado Birding Challenge, please direct your question to c...@cobirds.org. Nick Komar CFO President Fort Collins CO -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CECA80F9-88D7-4D73-B520-DD5EE23BEBE0%40comcast.net.
