Bird with Us for the Birds Caribbean Global Big Day fundraiser

Global Big Day—the biggest birding day of the year, is just a few days away.  Again this year we are joining Birds Caribbean in its annual Global Big Day fundraiser.   This fun virtual team event pit together multi-national teams in a friendly competitive birding event in an effort to raise funds for a Caribbean Conservation, etc. This year's efforts will be geared towards raising funds to provide travel scholarships for Caribbean nationals to attend the AOS & BC Joint Conference in Puerto Rico this June. 

Last year our small team The Bajan Birders, made up of birders from Barbados and one from St. Lucia, not only had fun but also assisted in raising funds and won a few awards. 

Teammate Jerome Foster, of St. Lucia, who was only able to bird a few hours in the morning won the Life in the Wild category with “American Kestrels Mating”

and third in Best Bird Photo with an Immature Little Blue Heron.

Yours truly was awarded the Best Shorebird with an image of a Ruddy Turnstone in breeding plumage.

In all, our 9-member Bajan Birders team saw 61 species across two countries, including 8 West Indies endemic species.

This year we want to double all of those numbers, have a greater international presence and raise funds of well over $100. 

To emphasize our goal, the team was renamed “Bajan Birders & Friends”, and invitations to join our team were extended to birders across the globe.

You can join the effort by joining our team. 

To do that:

1. Navigate here:https://givebutter.com/BCGBD2022/bajan-birders-friends
2. Click the “JOIN A TEAM” button below the Global Big Day graphic
3. Once on a team, send a message to your friends, family, colleagues, and networks asking them to support your team either by joining or donating.
4. Go birding on Sat May 14 - you can simply bird in your backyard or visit as many sites as you wish during the day. 
5. Enter your sightings into eBird or ebird Caribbean (if you are birding in the Caribbean). 
6. Share your ebird checklist with the team's ebird account username  “BCGBDBajanBirders”.  
7. It's that easy

If you want to donate:

1. Navigate here:https://givebutter.com/BCGBD2022/bajan-birders-friends
2. Click on the ‘Donate’ button. 
3. Choose our team “Bajan Birders & Friends” from the drop-down menu
4. Make a donation (however small, everything helps) 

Click on the ‘Donate’ button. Make a donation (however small, everything helps) to any of the teams or team members or simply donate to the entire campaign. 

• Just follow this link  
• Click the “JOIN A TEAM” button below the Global Big Day graphic on this page and follow the wizard.
• On Global Big Day, May 14, share your ebird checklist with the username “BCGBDBajanBirders”.  
• Make sure to also upload your media - images and audio files.

Come bird with us, donate and have lots of fun. Stay safe and enjoy your birding.