A Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) stalks prey. Photo by Jeff Galligan

The BIPOC Birding Club of Wisconsin is excited to announce that we’ll be joining the Great Wisconsin Birdathon! The Birdathon is Wisconsin’s largest fundraiser for bird conservation and happens each spring. Bird-lovers across the state come together to help raise over $100,000 for Wisconsin’s most important bird conservation projects, including the protection of imperiled species like Whooping Cranes, Piping Plovers, and Kirtland’s Warblers.

The Birdathon is like a walk-a-thon, but instead of counting miles walked, teams count bird species that they see! The BIPOC Birding Club is joining for the first time and will be holding our Birdathon on Saturday, April 23.

Check out our team page here. You can click “join” to join our team if you’d like to help fundraise on our behalf, or you can simply help spread the word and share our team page with your family and friends to encourage small donations in support of the BIPOC Birding Club of Wisconsin. Fifty percent of what we raise goes to the Bird Protection Fund, and the other half comes back to us to support our work building an inclusive birding community.

Fundraising is optional, but we sure hope you’ll join us on Saturday, April 23 as we go birding twice for a cause! Come to one or both events!

William G. Lunney Lake Farm Park
4330 Libby Rd, Madison
WI 53711
9:00 am-11:00 am

And

Cherokee Marsh Conservation Park-North
6098 N Sherman Ave.
Madison, WI 53704
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm