Hi! My name is Maia Stark and I am 12 years old and I care alot about nature. I love birds because they make me happy - they are beautiful, small, but also strong.
With help from friends, neighbors, and family, I have raised over $9,000 over the past four years for Tucson Audubon. I have done the birdathon this long because I feel strongly about what the money supports - birds that are increasingly threatened by habitat loss, pollution, and climate change. I would like, with your help, to work to protect them even more.
For the birdathon, you can pledge an amount per bird species my team and I find in 24 hours (e.g, 50 cents/bird). You can also do a variable pledge, like my parents did last year. They pledged $1.00 per bird species up to my goal and then they pledged $2.00 per bird for every species found above that. My goal this year is to find 90 bird species in 24 hours. Last year, our goal was 70 and we found 96 species. You can also pledge a simple flat amount.
On April 21 I'll go birding for the birds with David Bygott, Jeannette Hanby, Helen Kalevas, and my mother Lydia Breunig. If you support my birdathon team, I'll send you a report on our birdathon with pictures and a thank you note with a watercolor painting I made.
Thank you for supporting Tucson Audubon Society!
Birds have a unique, special, and different meaning to each of us. So too is each of our connection with Tucson Audubon Society personal and distinct. During Birdathon, we combine the love of bird watching during spring migration with support for bird conservation.
Birdathoners are birders and social fundraisers, joining together to make a difference for the birds and habitats of southeast Arizona. Birdathoners continue a tradition that has held strong for 30 years!
Each Birdathoner's personal network of supporters is what helps makes Birdathon possible.
This April and May, I'm going birding for the birds!
Supporters | |||
Name | Date | Amount | Comments |
John S. Shepard | 06/04/2017 | $53.00 | Pledge for Maia Stark's birdathon. | Sibyl Alderidge | 06/02/2017 | $20.00 | Todd W. Dickinson | 05/17/2017 | $132.00 | Lydia Breunig | 05/17/2017 | $122.00 | Congratulations, Maia. We are so proud of you! | Elise Gohlke | 05/10/2017 | $50.00 | Very impressive work Maia and Tesm! Thank you for your commitment to this issue! | Lorraine Sara Kuropatkin | 05/07/2017 | $106.00 | Robert Breunig | 05/07/2017 | $24.00 | This amount is to cover the additional birds recorded over 100. Thanks Maia, for being so committed to this great cause. | Cassandra Scheffman | 05/06/2017 | $10.00 | Nice work Team Gila Woodpeckers! | John W. Kennedy | 05/04/2017 | $500.00 | Jason Cole | 05/02/2017 | $26.50 | Good job Maia! | James E. Babbitt | 05/01/2017 | $53.00 | Bob W. Sanderson | 04/29/2017 | $450.00 | Congratulations Maia on another great birdathon! | Beatrice Cooley | 04/27/2017 | $50.00 | Maia makes the world a better place! | Donna Branch-GIlby | 04/25/2017 | $53.00 | You did it - again! Way to go, Maia. I'm so glad you are a bird-lover. Donna | Tim Lohman | 04/25/2017 | $25.00 | Diana Liverman | 04/25/2017 | $53.00 | Well done Maia! | Bill M. Auberle | 04/25/2017 | $106.00 | Congratulations Maia and Team. It seems like a good time for all and for the birds, of course. | Chris Stark | 04/25/2017 | $50.00 | Great Job Maia! | Leo Francis | 04/25/2017 | $106.00 | Chirp Chirp. Peep Peep. Swish Swish :-) | Carol Schilling | 04/24/2017 | $100.00 | Way to go, Maia! Congratulations | Neil Markowitz | 04/24/2017 | $53.00 | Richard Carlson | 04/24/2017 | $106.00 | Sounds like a great trip. | Linda Breck | 04/24/2017 | $106.00 | Congratulations on another successful Birdathon. | Eleanor Crosfield | 04/24/2017 | $53.00 | Congratulations! I'm impressed. | Kevin A. Dahl | 04/24/2017 | $500.00 | Good job! | Matthew Griffiths | 04/24/2017 | $25.00 | go Maia! | Jim Stark | 04/24/2017 | $100.00 | Congratulations Maia and her team. | Sharon Stark | 04/24/2017 | $228.00 | David and Grammie are so proud of Maia's good work helping our feathered friends. | Terina Beckwith Black | 04/23/2017 | $50.00 | Happy birding, Maia! Hope you have a wonderful time! | Clare Turner | 04/22/2017 | $25.00 | Good work! | Nick Manthey | 04/22/2017 | $50.00 | Good luck Maia!! | Gretchen Gibbs | 04/20/2017 | $40.00 | I hope you see many vermilion flycatchers! | Jennifer Winkler | 04/18/2017 | $36.00 | You inspire us, Maia! | Patricia DeWitt | 04/17/2017 | $100.00 | Great article in the latest Vernilion Flycatcher | Daniel Thrall | 04/17/2017 | $15.00 | Hopefully you find a golden eagle! | Martha K. Manthey | 04/17/2017 | $50.00 | Cathy Mullan | 04/16/2017 | $200.00 | I am pledging $2.00 per bird recorded and cheering you on to reach 100 birds this year. Go team, go! Have fun!!! | Robin Kropp | 04/15/2017 | $50.00 | Way to go Maia! Good luck with your birding adventure! | Bobbie Jo Carter | 04/15/2017 | $50.00 | What a great tradition and community service. | Robert Breunig | 04/15/2017 | $400.00 | I am pledging $4.00 per bird recorded and estimating 100 birds. Good luck Maia! | Ron Borkan | 04/14/2017 | $50.00 | Sandy T. Elers | 04/14/2017 | $300.00 | Go Team! Best of luck, Maia! | John Ulreich | 04/14/2017 | $300.00 | Go Team!!! | Marcia Grand | 04/13/2017 | $500.00 | Go, Go, Go !!!! | Jeremy Markowitz | 04/13/2017 | $20.00 | Good luck Maia! | Debra P. Collazo | 04/11/2017 | $50.00 | Maia -- Your watercolors of the Vermilion Flycatcher and the Hooded Oriole that appear in the TAS newsletter are very life like and lovely. We hope that you have a great Birdathon this year. -- Debbie and Tom Collazo |
Total | $5,546.50 |