Please donate to Audubon's CBC

Since Audubon no longer asks mandatory donations in supporting their Christmas

Bird Count which was the customary $5 then, please support to keep the count going. You should mention Brooklyn Bird Club Kings County Circle if you participated in it.[ you can send a note to  cbcadmin@audubon.org citing your amount and BBC status or Brooklyn birder .I already got a hearty thank you from the CBC program director]

Here are excerpts of the letter from National Audubon

From: <cbcadmin@audubon.org> Date: Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 2:46 PM

 Subject: If You Love the CBC. . .

The 114 th Christmas Bird Count

Dear CBC Compiler,

Thanks to you ........ there has never been a larger, more passionate or diverse community of citizen scientists working under Audubon's umbrella. Last holiday season bird watchers came out in record numbers to count birds to participate in Audubon's Christmas Bird Count - more than 70,000 people joined 2,369 count circles to take part in what may be the longest running animal census on the planet.

We hope you'll help keep the Christmas Bird Count alive and well by encouraging support from this year's participants. Below is a link to a printable letter that we hope you will share with those in your count circle. You can also just forward this email to those people that care about the Christmas Bird Count.

The Christmas Bird Count relies 100% on donations to manage the historic database and to fund the technology to make that vital and historic data available to researchers. And this year we are making it easy to give.

Just print out this donation form, http://birds.audubon.org/documents/114th-cbc-printable-donation-form and send it with a check to the address indicated on the form.

Or, go online and submit your credit card donation by using our secure form at www.audubon.org/supportcbc

You can also use your phone to quickly text a $10 donation to support this important work. Simply text CBC to 50555 to donate $10 to National Audubon Society. 100% of your gift will be used to support the Christmas Bird Count. (Charges will appear on your wireless bill, or be deducted from your prepaid balance. All purchases must be authorized by account holder. Must be 18 years of age or have parental permission to participate. Message and Data Rates May Apply. Text STOP to 50555 to STOP. Text HELP to 50555 for HELP. Full Terms: mGive.org/T. Privacy Policy for text to donate: https://mgive.org/privacy.aspx)

We hope you will help us reach the broadest possible audience and encourage donations to help keep this important work alive and make sure that the CBC will continue to inform ornithologists and conservation biologists about how the birds of the Americas are faring today - and far into the future.

Thanks again for your passion and dedication.

Sincerely,

Geoff LeBaron Director, Audubon Christmas Bird Count cbcadmin@audubon.org http://birds.audubon.org/documents/114th-cbc-printable-donation-form

Please note our address has changed: Audubon Science 2300 Computer Ave, Suite I-49 Willow Grove, PA 19090

cbcadmin@audubon.org Phone: 302-858-0724

The Christmas Bird Count is now free to participate. Visit www.christmasbirdcount.org to find out more. Please consider donating to support the CBC.