Spring Bird-a-Thon
Held each year in May, the Bird-a-Thon is an annual birding competition in Champaign County that lasts one week.
During the Bird-a-Thon, teams eagerly search for as many bird species they can find. Form your own team, go where you’d like in Champaign County, and track your lists in e-Bird.
To send links to your e-Bird lists or for more info, contact Field Trip Chair Aerin Tedesco by email at aerintedesco@gmail.com.
If you’d like to donate to CCAS to sponsor a birding team, be sure to let us know in the “Add Special Instructions to the Seller” section before clicking “Donate Now”! Bird-a-Thon contributions go toward the CCAS Community-Supported Fund for Research, Education, and Conservation.
Since 1982, the fund has supported over $40,000 in research projects on Illinois birds through our Kendeigh Grants for Ornithology Research. Research topics have ranged from the impact of cowbird nest predation to the varied problems of declining grassland birds. Many grant recipients have gone on to prestigious careers in the field of natural history. The fund also supports our Mini-Grants for Educators program, which has funded over $20,000 in educational projects in Champaign County since 2006, as well as conservation projects in our area.
Prefer to donate by mail?
Please write “Bird-a-Thon” in the memo line on your check.
