A big THANK YOU to our participants, supporters, and sponsors for making the 2022 Birdathon a resounding success. We reached our goal of $40,000!

Birdathon is Houston Audubon's annual spring fundraiser where participants compete to count as many bird species as possible in a 24-hour period while fundraising for bird conservation. This year, we had 54 adults and 174 students participate. Increased efforts to engage teachers resulted in 10 new classrooms this year!

AWARD WINNERS

Oberholser Award - Most Species Identified by a Team

Larks & Lagniappe - 149 species

Stuart Nelson, Clayton Leopold, Richard Gibbons

(Honorary mention to staff team Running with Scissor-tails who got 187 species!! Team members: Pete Deichmann, Wyatt Egelhoff, Averi Lohman & Ryan McGinty)

Whittington Award - Most Funds Raised by a Team

The Thieving Magpies - $8,416

Diana Strassmann, Joan Strassmann, Cin-Ty Lee, David Queller, Philip Queller

Rookie Award - Most Species Identified by a New Team

Lower Trinity Valley Bird Club Lady Twitchers

Shelli Ellerbe, Lisa Holmes, Margo Kirby Taylor, Barbara Tilton

Best Team Name

Running with Scissor-tails

Best Team Photo

The Thieving Magpies

Teams that saw over 100 bird species received a special Birdathon 100 Club pin - congratulations to these awesome bird nerds!

Thank you to all of our wonderful teams for participating! Check out some photos from their Birdathon experience below.

Odd Ducks - 114 species

Flat-footed Boobies - 118 species

Wet Willets - 88 species

Thank you to all who joined us at the Birdathon Awards Celebration on May 21st! Here are some snapshots from the event.

We are so appreciative of our fundraisers, donors, and sponsors that made Birdathon 2022 a success. Hope you'll join us next year!

A big thank you to our presenting sponsor!

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