Loess Hills Audubon Society Bird-A-Thon
by Paul Roisen—Bird-A-Thon Czar, June 2, 2020
What a "rush" for me to arrive home after a week in Wichita, KS. A donation record amount had already been achieved and I was expecting a couple checks. Anna and I arrived home to seven additional letters addressed to: LHAS c/o Paul Roisen. Interestingly, only one was from someone I expected. The additional donations added $712.00 to our previous total.
New record of 194 species
New record of (so far) of $4004.80
Just in case there is still someone who wishes to send in a donation--WE WILL GLADLY ACCEPT anything more that comes in. Please make your check out to "The Loess Hills Audubon Society" and mail to: Loess Hills Audubon Society, c/o Paul Roisen, 4420 3rd Ave, Sioux City, IA 51106.
No further MailCHIMP report will be sent out regarding the 2020 Bird-A-Thon totals.
Final totals will be updated in our NEXT LHAS newsletter.
The Loess Hills Audubon Board of Directors will begin consideration of what conservation projects we will support for the 2020-2021 year. Please feel free to attend our summer planning session (date to be determined) and the next couple of board meetings to help us make good decisions.
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE RESPONSE. We were blessed with 35+ donations ranging from $20.00 to four amounts over the $200.00 mark. One person pledged $5 for the first 50 species and $10 above 50 species (what I thought was $15 total)... BUT... it was for EACH species for a total of a $1690.00 donation. I am not easily surprised or shocked but...what can I say I was literally speechless (yes, I know most of you know that never happens). All I could do was SHOW the check to my wife. She read it wrong and I had to explain to her that she needed to add at least one more ZERO to what she read.
I am absolutely humbled by your generosity.
I am open for questions or comments 24/7 so please do not hesitate to contact me anytime.
712-301-2817 or roisenp1950@gmail.com
God Bless you all. BE SAFE for yourself and BE SAFE for OTHERS Paul Roisen--Bird-A-Thon Czar-2020
Species List
Snow Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Ring-necked Pheasant
Wild Turkey
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Virginia Rail
Sora
American Coot
American Avocet
American Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Killdeer
Upland Sandpiper
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Stilt Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Wilson's Snipe
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Black Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Double-crested Cormorant
American White Pelican
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Loggerhead Shrike
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
House Sparrow
American Pipit
House Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Ovenbird
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Summer Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel