To make a tax-deductible donation in Canada, please click the loons.
Canadian DonationsTo make a tax-deductible donation in the US, please click the cranes.
US DonationsSpecial thanks to the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance which has kindly agreed to manage the administrative details of our US fundraising efforts!
Donations will go to bird conservation projects from the Arctic to Central America:
1) The Arctic – Funds will be donated to Audubon's Arctic programs as well as grass-roots work to permanently protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Arctic Refuge is known as “America’s Serengeti.” More than 190 bird species nest or visit the Refuge – migrants travel though every US state and to five different continents.
2) Central America – Funds will be contributed to SalvaNATURA’s migratory bird conservation program in El Salvador. This program includes permanent monitoring (bird-banding) stations and environmental education in three national parks, shorebird monitoring at the Jaltepeque-Jiquilisco Biosphere Reserve, and land purchase in the El Imposible National Park-Barra de Santiago biological corridor.
3) North America – In the US, pledges will go to four different bird habitat protection projects across the continent:
A) Southwest:
We will support efforts to protect Otero Mesa (home to more than 250 bird species)
B) Malkolm is currently finding out more about other bird conservation projects across the US. There are many worthwhile projects to choose from. The other three projects will be announced soon!
In Canada funds will go to protection of the boreal forest. The Boreal Forest is the nesting ground of more than 300 bird species — but is threatened by industrial development.
If you have questions about our fundraising, or would like to direct your contribution to the specific project of your choice, please contact us.
If you’d like to base your pledge on the number of bird species that Malkolm identifies or the number of fossil-fuel-free miles (or kilometers) we travel, please get out your calculator! (For the mathematically-challenged, it is easier to simply make a donation).
The current “Big Year” record is 745 bird species – Malkolm hopes to identify more than 500 species during our fossil-fuel-free Bird Year. We expect to travel about 12,000 miles (19,200 kilometers) before we shake the dust out of our tires at the year’s end.
Bird Day Challenge
