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Forming a Birdathon Team: 2024

Forming a Birdathon Team: 2024

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The information below is for 2024. Please check back for 2025 updates.. Count birds and enlist sponsors. You can count...

The Birdathon Ends

The Birdathon Ends

Mar 4, 2024

The annual Birdathon is being held over a period of four weeks, from April 20 through May 19. Everyone is...

The Birdathon Begins

The Birdathon Begins

Mar 4, 2024

The annual Birdathon is being held over a period of four weeks, from April 20 through May 19. Everyone is...

Birds, Birds, and More: The Many Successes of Our Latest Birdathon Fundraiser

Birds, Birds, and More: The Many Successes of Our Latest Birdathon Fundraiser

Aug 1, 2023

Volume 28 Issue 3, Summer 2023 by Joe Coleman, Birding Coordinator Participants in this year’s 13 Birdathon teams, 10 Celebrate...

164 Species and More Than $20K: Setting Records as We Celebrate Birds

164 Species and More Than $20K: Setting Records as We Celebrate Birds

Aug 19, 2021

Volume 26 Issue 3, Summer 2021 by Joe Coleman, Birding Coordinator During the height of bird migration in our area,...

Celebrating Birds With an Astounding 150 Species

Celebrating Birds With an Astounding 150 Species

Aug 8, 2019

Volume 24 Issue 3, Summer 2019 by Bryan Henson and Joe Coleman Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy celebrated bird migration this year...

Shrike Force Finds Whip-poor-wills, Owls, Warblers, and More on Birdathon!

May 8, 2012

Whip-poor-wills, Owls, Warblers, and More! That was the siren that went out as the Birdathon team known as Shrike Force...

Raven Loonatics talk about their Big Birdathon Day! 118 species!

May 7, 2012

Gerco, one of the Raven Loonatics, sent over this great report from their big Birdathon day on Saturday – exciting times...

Raven Loonatics — No R-Egrets on this Birdathon!

May 24, 2011

Raven Loonatics 2011 Birdathon Summary 109 species and No R-Egrets The Raven Loonatics (Gerco Hoogeweg, Bruce Hill, Larry Meade and...

Birding Report from the Ligi Nestlings

May 19, 2011

Spring Ligi provided this great report of the birdathon that she and her kids did on behalf of Loudoun Wildlife...

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