Birdathon 2023
Saturday, 13 may 2023
The Loess Hills Audubon Society recently held its annual Birdathon to raise funds for Chapter projects. Much like other “-athons,” donations are pledged based on chapter members’ ability to find as many species of birds as they can during this two-day period.
All in all, our hard-working teams, found a grand total of 104 species. The Chapter thanks all participants for their time and effort. Lists were submitted by fourteen birders in seven teams. Birdathon participants: Jerry Probst, Jerry VonEhwegen, Jan Null, Bill Zales, Anne Shaner, Pam Miller-Smith, Kevin & Marla Zerr, John & Sharon Prolifka, Rex Rundquist, Pam Pfautch, Dotty Zales, and Bill Huser.
NOW, THE CRITICAL PORTION OF THE PROJECT FOLLOWS:
Each participant/team is requested to collect all their pledged donations and send them to me.
Each donor who pledged a donation is requested to forward it to your team or directly to me.
Each additional person who would like to donate to the Chapter’s projects is asked to send an amount based on the number of species found or a flat amount of your choosing. Be sure to designate it as ‘Birdathon.’
(Note: Make checks out to ‘Loess Hills Audubon Society’)
Most importantly, the Chapter thanks all of you who have donated to Chapter projects and to those of you who considered such.
Bill Huser, LHAS Outings Coordinator & Birdathon Czar, 140 Oakmont Drive, South Sioux City, NE 68776; cell: 712-574-3107 or billfhuser@gmail.com
| BIRD | BIRD | BIRD |
|---|---|---|
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Hairy Woodpecker | Song Sparrow |
| Canada Goose | Downy Woodpecker | Lincoln's Sparrow |
| Wood Duck | Northern Flicker | Harris's Sparrow |
| Mallard | Least Flycatcher | White-crowned Sparrow |
| Blue-winged Teal | Eastern Phoebe | Eastern Towhee |
| Northern Shoveler | Great Crested Flycatcher | Western Meadowlark |
| Northern Bobwhite | Eastern Kingbird | Eastern Meadowlark |
| Wild Turkey | Yellow-throated Vireo | Orchard Oriole |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Warbling Vireo | Baltimore Oriole |
| Rock Pigeon | Red-eyed Vireo | Red-winged Blackbird |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Blue Jay | Brown-headed Cowbird |
| Mourning Dove | American Crow | Common Grackle |
| Eastern Whip-poor-will | Black-capped Chickadee | Ovenbird |
| Chimney Swift | Tufted Titmouse | Northern Waterthrush |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Golden-winged Warbler |
| American Coot | Tree Swallow | Tennessee Warbler |
| Killdeer | Barn Swallow | Orange-crowned Warbler |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Cliff Swallow | Yellow Warbler |
| Least Sandpiper | White-breasted Nuthatch | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Cape May Warbler |
| Forster's Tern | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Magnolia Warbler |
| Black Tern | House Wren | Palm Warbler |
| Double-crested Cormorant | European Starling | Wilson's Warbler |
| Great Blue Heron | Gray Catbird | Blackpoll Warbler |
| Cattle Egret | Brown Thrasher | Black-and-White Warbler |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Eastern Bluebird | American Redstart |
| Green Heron | Swainson's Thrush | Louisiana Waterthrush |
| Turkey Vulture | American Robin | Common Yellowthroat |
| Bald Eagle | House Sparrow | Summer Tanager |
| Broad-winged Hawk | House Finch | Scarlet Tanager |
| Red-tailed Hawk | American Goldfinch | Northern Cardinal |
| Great Horned Owl | Chipping Sparrow | Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | Clay-colored Sparrow | Indigo Bunting |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | Field Sparrow | Dickcissel |
| Yellow-breasted Sapsucker | Lark Sparrow | . |
All above images copyright 2023 by Marla & Kevin Kerr, used with permission.
Top row: Four images of a Blackpoll Warbler
Bottom row: Tennessee Warbler (2 images), American Redstart, turtle at Turtle Lake in Stone Park.