West Africa 2018
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Win Ahrens will be our speaker at the December meeting of the Beckham Bird Club. In December of 2018 he cruised the west coast of Africa embarking from Lisbon in Portugal visiting 11 different countries along the West Africa coastline arriving in Cape Town, South Africa twenty-four days later. Along the way he was able to spot a number of local species enlisting the help of bird guides in Sao Tome and Namibia. The itinerary included many countries not frequented by regular cruises or bird trips. It was a rare glimpse of people and bird life in a far corner of the world.
Please join us on Tuesday, November 12 to relive the adventure. Our meeting is at St.Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2822 Frankfort Ave, Louisville, KY 40206, 38.254256, -85.689458. St. Mark’s is at the corner of Frankfort Avenue and Kennedy Ave. Please enter by way of the back door near the parking lot |
2019 BBC BIRDATHON
DISTRIBUTION OF THE 2019 BIRDATHON DONATIONS
The BBC Board at their last meeting distributed $20,000 to eight birdathon grant recipients. A special thanks to all who contributed to this record breaking birdathon of $19,815.17. The board donated the rest in order to round off the total. The recipients and the amount they received are:
Jefferson Memorial Forest - $1000
Kentucky Resources Council, Inc. - $2500
Kentucky Conservation Committee - $2500
Raptor Rehabilitation of Kentucky, Inc. - $3500
Creasy Mahan Nature Preserve - $1500
Kentucky Natural Lands Trust - $2500
Louisville Nature Center - $1500
Kentucky Nature Preserves - $5000
DISTRIBUTION OF THE 2019 BIRDATHON DONATIONS
The BBC Board at their last meeting distributed $20,000 to eight birdathon grant recipients. A special thanks to all who contributed to this record breaking birdathon of $19,815.17. The board donated the rest in order to round off the total. The recipients and the amount they received are:
Jefferson Memorial Forest - $1000
Kentucky Resources Council, Inc. - $2500
Kentucky Conservation Committee - $2500
Raptor Rehabilitation of Kentucky, Inc. - $3500
Creasy Mahan Nature Preserve - $1500
Kentucky Natural Lands Trust - $2500
Louisville Nature Center - $1500
Kentucky Nature Preserves - $5000
Birder's Bucket List for 2019
- Come to a BBC meeting if you have never been to one.
- Join in on a field trip if you have never been to one.
- Make plans to go to the March Dinner Meeting at Big Springs Country Club on Tuesday, March 14.
- Join the Kentucky Ornithological Society (KOS).
- Go to one of the KOS weekends in April or September.
- Plan a trip to Magee Marsh in Ohio around the first two weeks of May.
- Donate to the BBC Birdathon.
- Submit your bird list to ebird. It is so easy.
- Subscribe to birdKY
- Take a child birding.
- Keep your cat indoors and encourage others to as well.
- Buy bird friendly (certified shade-grown) coffee.
- Plant native species in your yard.
- Donate your old/unused binoculars and scopes to nature centers, school groups interested in birding.