COVID19 Advisory
ALL BBC ACTIVITIES CANCELLED THROUGH MAY
Due to the need for social distancing in order to combat the coronavirus outbreak, and recognizing that a majority of our members fall into high-risk groups for COVID-19, the board of the Beckham Bird Club has decided to cancel all activities at least through the end of May. This includes the April 14 and May 12 monthly meetings and all field trips until August.
A decision on the June picnic and further activities will be made at a future date and announced in the newsletter and via email and the website. We are hoping to resume regular activities as soon as it is safe to do so. We hope to elect officers and board members at the next monthly meeting in July.
In the meanwhile, we encourage our members to continue birding, whether by watching feeders or venturing out in keeping with the best advice from health authorities.
Please stay safe and healthy.
THE BBC BOARD
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 2020
- 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 10.
- 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.