Bird-a-Thon

Our annual Bird-A-Thon is coming up soon! Support International Crane Foundation Co-Founder Dr. George Archibald and President and CEO Dr. Rich Beilfuss and their team The Craniacs as they set out with binoculars in tow to see how many bird species they can spot in 24 hours.

Last May, our team identified 171 bird species, and you helped us raise more than $36,000 to support crane conservation. This year in mid-May we will head out again, and our dedicated team hopes to top last year’s number.

To donate, make a fixed gift using the link on this page or pledge a specific dollar amount per species by contacting Jennifer Fiene, Membership Manager, at 608-356-9462 ext. 151.

The money we raise from our Bird-a-Thon supports the broad work of the International Crane Foundation, which includes work right here in Wisconsin to maintain 175 acres of restored prairie, oak savannah, and wetlands on our headquarters site in Baraboo. The hard work we do to maintain our land includes removal of invasive species, controlled burns, restoration plantings, and monitoring to help us understand these complex ecosystems and their remarkable diversity of flora and fauna. Many of our visitors love to walk our nature trails, cherishing the ever-changing blooms from season to season throughout the year. Our work in Wisconsin also serves to inspire and inform our colleagues worldwide who are restoring and managing land and water for cranes and many other species.

Your support of our annual Bird-a-Thon helps such worthwhile programs here at our headquarters and in the many protected areas we and our partners help conserve, manage, and cherish on the five continents where we work.

A Northern House Wren greets the Wisconsin spring. Ryan Michalesko/International Crane Foundation

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