Support our Coastal Center with a 2015 Big Day Pledge
The Raven Luna Ticks, ace birders all.
Thursday, May 21 – It truly was a Big Day. Louise Crocco, the office manager at the Milford Point Coastal Center, just emailed the basics: “Frank’s team has finished computing their bird species and have come up with a whopping 191 species. It is the 2nd best ever done. They were impaired by dense fog in some instances. They did get an impressive list of birds including, Prothonatary Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat, Kentucky Warbler, Pine Siskin, White-faced Ibis, Swallow-tailed Kite, Lincoln sparrow and White-crowned Sparrow.”
Congratulations to Frank, Nick, Jim, Dave and Fran!
Connecticut Audubon Society’s birding team is working to raise more than $7,500 in support of the Coastal Center at Milford Point by finding 200 bird species in a single day in Connecticut, as part of this week’s Connecticut Big Day Challenge. We need your support! Make an online Big Day donation here.
In 2011, our team, the Raven Luna-ticks, broke the long-standing Connecticut Big Day birding record by identifying 192 species, besting both the Connecticut and the New England records, while raising thousands of dollars of support for the Coastal Center. We were ecstatic! Last year, we made two exciting runs, garnering 188 species on each. Amazingly, both were higher than the old Connecticut record of 186 species. We were overjoyed by our good fortune, yet our totals are still shy of the elusive 200 species goal. We had scouted more than 190 species, with many others possible, so 200 in a day is doable, and we’re going to be the ones to do it!
It’s a new year, and we not only want to reach 200, but most importantly, we also want to raise critical funds for the important conservation and education programs at the Coastal Center. To make the most of our chances, we will make our run between May 18th and May 23rd. We are already busy scouting our route and finding raptor nests (please let us know if you have any in your area).
We can only achieve our goal with your support. Please, pledge or donate today.
You can donate online here or by filling out and returning our pledge form at this link: Big Day Pledge Form 2015.
Remember, every dollar raised directly supports the Coastal Center at Milford Point – helping us to remain leaders in conservation and natural science education. Thank you in advance for your generosity!
All the best,
Frank Gallo, Associate Director
Coastal Center at Milford Point
And the Raven Luna-ticks Team
Nick Bonomo, Patrick Dugan, Dave Tripp, and Fran Zygmont
