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5/11/2024
BIRDATHON !!!
When? May 11th .......... Where? Anywhere in Iowa .......... Who? Anyone who wants to participate may do so .......... How? It’s easy. Form a team (as many people can be on it as you like) and on May 11th , go birding and record as many species as you can. Get people to sponsor you at any level, and have them write a check to Big Bluestem Audubon Society. No donation is too small! .......... Turn in your list of birds which you spotted to Wolf Oesterreich at wolfoest@gmail.com by May 13th. .......... If you don’t have a team to sponsor, but you would still like to support the Big Bluestem Audubon Society, just write a check to the Big Bluestem Audubon Society and mail it to Big Bluestem Audubon Society, P.O. Box 543, Ames, IA. 50010 .......... All payments are due by May 31st, either to the team which you’re sponsoring or to the BBAS address listed above. ........... Please consider making a donation. It is our one and only fundraiser. .......... Questions? E-mail Tim Garner at timgarner@mediacombb.net or telephone or text him at 515-451-0960 ..........Check out 2024 BIRDATHON - Info and Rules of the Game under ABOUT US ..... NEWS & NOTES
5/16/2024
Topic: The Ames Pollinators Plan
Speaker: To be announced.
9/19/2024
LoraKim Joyner. Topic: Birding for Life
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