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We’ll give you something to crow about. The Urban Ecology Center’s Green Birding Challenge is back!
Join us for a morning of green birding adventures. The 2nd annual challenge features new additions such as lunch, event t-shirts and a new Family/Children/Novice division. Whether you are a world-traveled birder or simply a cardinal comrade, we promise that finding a bird in the bush is more fun than finding a needle in the haystack.
Green Birding Challenge
Sunday, May 20th
6 a.m. to noon.
Registration: $25 per person
Registration discount for families taking part in the Mini Challenge: only $30 a family!
Please register by May 13th
Teams will compete in one of four “green” or fossil-fuel-free birding categories designed for all levels of skill or mobility.
- Stationary Birding -- Count as many birds as possible from a fixed location.
- Birding on Foot -- Head out on foot in search of birds.
- Birding by Bike -- Hop on bikes to extend your range.
- New this year! Mini Challenge for Families/Children/Novices -- If you’re looking for a shorter timeframe or the assistance of a birding expert, this challenge is for you!
Prizes
Can your team find the most bird species and/or raise the most donations? Prizes include guided trips and other bird-related items. After the prizes are awarded, we’ll have a delicious lunch provided by Beans & Barley Market & Cafe.
How to get started:
- Put together a team of three people. (You can add a fourth, but only if one of your team members is a birding novice. We trust your judgment on this.) Mini-Challenge teams will not be limited in number.
- Choose a category in which to compete:
- Register your team online at: www.urbanecologycenter.org/greenbirdingchallenge/registration.html.
Registration Fee: $25.00 per person (Registration fee includes lunch and a t-shirt for each team member). - After you register, start collecting pledges! Ask folks to visit www.urbanecologycenter.org/greenbirdingchallenge/pledges.html to donate online or to learn about alternate ways to give. You can also download a pledge sheet and collect donations as you go about your day (please turn in all donations by the day of the Challenge). Don't forget to give folks your team name so you can be credited with their donation.
So, why are we doing this in May?
In addition to being the best month for seeing returning colorful migrant birds, May is the month when we celebrate International Migratory Bird Day -- when people all over the world celebrate the migratory birds that transcend political boundaries and help make the world a smaller place.
Green Birding Challenge | Sunday, May 20th | 6 a.m. to noon. |
Donations raised will help support our mission to connect people in our community to nature, research and each other. At the Urban Ecology Center, however, we celebrate birds every day of the year.If you would like to help us study and monitor birds at our three field sites - Riverside Park and the Rotary Centennial Arboretum, Washington Park and the Menomonee Valley - please contact Jennifer Callaghan at 414-964-8505, x133, or jcallaghan@urbanecologycenter.org.