Get Ready for Birdathon in May!
Check out our Birdathon page for more information.
Birdathon is our biggest fundraising event of the year that lasts the month of May. The funds we raise support our efforts in promoting birds, education, and conservation.
Last year, we reached out to children and adults at various schools and events to educate the public about the beauty of birds. We planted and cared for hundreds of native trees and shrubs in Marymoor Park. We provided numerous field trips. All of this made possible by your contributions.
This year, we have already given away hundreds of trees to landowners to plant in their yards and have partnered with another nonprofit to plant “mini-forests” in degraded areas around our service areas. You can help support our continued work in the East King County area by participating in our upcoming Birdathon events.
There are a variety of ways you can get involved and help us meet our Birdathon goals.
Join a Field Trip
For 11 months a year, we offer field trips to anyone for free. In May, we ask that each participant donate $25 for each field trip they would like to attend. We have some great trips planned would love to invite each and every one of you. Keep an eye on our May calendar as we finalize the details. And please don’t forget to register and donate!
Get Social at Birds and Brews
If you aren’t able to make it to a field trip, we have some other fun events for the month of May.
Bird and Brews is a great way to meet other birders and community, and this year we’re hosting at Postdoc Brewing in Marymoor as well as Volition Brewing in North Bend! No program. No agenda. Just grab a beer (or not!) and enjoy each other’s company!
Support a Big Day Team
A big day is an annual birding event organized by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and eBird, where groups or individuals go out one day in May and count as many birds as possible. The data counted during the Big Day helps with conservation data and efforts.
Eastside Audubon has two Big Day Teams: Pelican Dive Bar, led by Jeremy Lucas that focused on seabirds, and Bird Brains, led by Jim Rettig who will be counting in Ontario and Ohio.
If you would like to motivate the teams to count as many birds as possible, head go to our Birdathon page and click on the team you wish to support!
Making a Contribution
Whether you partake in our events or not, if you’d simply like to make a donation to Eastside Audubon, you can do that as well! As a fully volunteer-run organization, we rely on donations to continue serving our community. Please consider making a contribution at the button below, or consider mailing us a check at:
Eastside Audubon
PO Box 3113
7241 185th Ave NE
Redmond, WA 98073