Annual Beckham Bird Club Picnic
The Annual Beckham Bird Club Picnic will be at CREASEY-MAHAN NATURE PRESERVE on Sunday, June 2 at 4:00 p.m.
Join us for a fun afternoon of food, birding and friend ship. Bring a dish to share, insect repellent, a chair and, of course, your binoculars. Cost is $3.00 per person (includes chicken, drinks, etc.) or $1.00 (no chicken, but covers cost of drinks, etc.) Creasy Mahan Visitor Center, take highway 42 east and left at route 1793, drive about a 1/2 mile to sign on the right. GPS: 38.400384, -85.590180
BBC is going green so we are asking you to bring your own cloth napkin. If you like you may also bring your own utensils, plates, etc.
Deadline to make reservations is May 31. Reservation Form on page 5 of newsletter.
There is NO MEETING in June.
Join us for a fun afternoon of food, birding and friend ship. Bring a dish to share, insect repellent, a chair and, of course, your binoculars. Cost is $3.00 per person (includes chicken, drinks, etc.) or $1.00 (no chicken, but covers cost of drinks, etc.) Creasy Mahan Visitor Center, take highway 42 east and left at route 1793, drive about a 1/2 mile to sign on the right. GPS: 38.400384, -85.590180
BBC is going green so we are asking you to bring your own cloth napkin. If you like you may also bring your own utensils, plates, etc.
Deadline to make reservations is May 31. Reservation Form on page 5 of newsletter.
There is NO MEETING in June.
2019 BBC BIRDATHON
The birds have been counted for birdathon so check your email or US mail to get an account from the person(s) you sponsored. Your donations are very important to the different groups BBC have accepted as recipients of our birdathon money. Even if you did not receive an email or phone call please consider giving a donation – NO AMOUNT IS TOO SMALL. Make your check payable to Beckham Bird Club. If you have not been contacted send your contribution to the post office box address: Beckham Bird Club, P.O. Box 5301, Louisville, KY 40255-0301. Otherwise send it to the person you sponsored. Help us reach $20,000. Thanks so much!!!
The birds have been counted for birdathon so check your email or US mail to get an account from the person(s) you sponsored. Your donations are very important to the different groups BBC have accepted as recipients of our birdathon money. Even if you did not receive an email or phone call please consider giving a donation – NO AMOUNT IS TOO SMALL. Make your check payable to Beckham Bird Club. If you have not been contacted send your contribution to the post office box address: Beckham Bird Club, P.O. Box 5301, Louisville, KY 40255-0301. Otherwise send it to the person you sponsored. Help us reach $20,000. Thanks so much!!!
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.