MIGRATION IS UPON US; SO ARE SPRING FIELD TRIPS
Spring migration in the Louisville area typically begins in late March and peaks in late April and early May. Not coincidentally, that is also the time birders awaken from semi-hibernation and begin working on their annual cases of warbler neck. To help shake off the winter doldrums and get back into the swing of spring, the Beckham Bird Club will offer a busy schedule of field trips. Watch for the schedule in your newsletter and on the website. Beginning birders are always welcome - it's a great time of year to start building those identification skills.
Hey, why do you warblers hog all the attention?
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2022 BBC BIRDATHON
The BBC has received and approved ten requests for grants from the proceeds of the 2022 Birdathon. In order to come close to fulfilling these requests, we will need to raise a record amount through the Birdathon this year, after raising about $24,000 in 2021. Please be generous with your pledges. For details of the requests, please visit the Birdathon page.
GLOBAL BIG DAY
Mark your calendar for the next Global Big Day, on Saturday, May 14. Jefferson County and Fayette County have an informal competition to see which county can tally most species. Last year, Jefferson County led the way with 151 species - the second-highest total recorded in Jefferson County on a single day - and Fayette County recorded 142 species; 196 species were seen in Kentucky.
The BBC has received and approved ten requests for grants from the proceeds of the 2022 Birdathon. In order to come close to fulfilling these requests, we will need to raise a record amount through the Birdathon this year, after raising about $24,000 in 2021. Please be generous with your pledges. For details of the requests, please visit the Birdathon page.
GLOBAL BIG DAY
Mark your calendar for the next Global Big Day, on Saturday, May 14. Jefferson County and Fayette County have an informal competition to see which county can tally most species. Last year, Jefferson County led the way with 151 species - the second-highest total recorded in Jefferson County on a single day - and Fayette County recorded 142 species; 196 species were seen in Kentucky.
Birder's Bucket List for 2022
- 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.
- Bring a friend to a meeting or field trip.
- Join the Kentucky Ornithological Society (KOS).
- Go to one of the KOS weekends in April or September.
- Get out and bird in one of Kentucky's least-birded counties. Kentucky has a substantial portion of the counties with the fewest eBird checklists. You can help fix that.
- Plan a trip to Magee Marsh in Ohio around the first two weeks of May.
- Donate to the BBC Birdathon.
- Join eBird and use it to record your observations. It is so easy.
- Subscribe to the birdKY listserv via KOS.
- Take a child birding.
- Familiarize yourself with the American Birding Association's Code of Birding Ethics (there's a handly link above) and adhere to it when 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.