The Big Sit!

MARICOPA AUDUBON SOCIETY’S

 27TH ANNUAL

Herb Fibel Big Sit!

Granite Reef Recreation Area

to benefit MAS Youth Scholarships

Kathe Anderson and Cindy Marple led a group of eager birders to compile a list of 59 species seen on Sunday, October 8th, 2023. Best sightings included a graceful Forster’s Tern gliding across the Salt River and back again, an adult Bald Eagle, a Sharp-shinned Hawk, and Green-tailed Towhee. Missing were owls, even though we arrived early to hear them. See the eBird checklist here.

Thanks to all the intrepid birders who helped to raise money for MAS Youth Scholarships! Last years Big Sit! funded a student participant at the annual Arizona Field Ornithologist meeting in Payson in September. If you know of a young person interested in this opportunity, let us know! Scholarships will be awarded in the summer of 2024.

PLEDGES!

If you pledged per species, multiply your pledge by 59.

You can donate by cash, check or credit card at our member meetings; online or mail checks payable to “Maricopa Audubon Society (please write “Big Sit” in the memo line) to:

MAS Treasurer PO Box 65401 Phoenix, AZ 85082-5401

Donate a set amount, or per bird species seen.  

Bonus!!!

Donate $25 or more to the Big Sit! and receive a one-year membership to Maricopa Audubon Society which includes 4 issues of the Cactus Wrendition.

If donating by check - To get your one-year membership when donating by check, please write “Auto Join – Big Sit!” in the memo line and mail to the above address. Please include your mailing address to receive the quarterly Cactus Wrendition newsletter.

If donating online - write “Auto Join – Big Sit!” on Line 4. Additional Information. Please include the mailing address you want to receive the quarterly Cactus Wrendition newsletter.