Date: 4/16/13 2:18 am
From: Debra Chiczewski <debchic...>
Subject: [MDBirding] Laura Erickson Conservation Big Year
Laura has announced her plans for her big year and I wanted to share with
you her entry in her blog regarding her visit here in the Delmarva area.
Blogger: LAURA ERICKSON
Location: Duluth, Minnesota
Website: www.lauraerickson.blogspot.com
<http://www.lauraerickson.blogspot.com/>

I'll be spending the first and second weeks of May in and around Delaware
<http://www.delawarebirdingtrail.org/index.html> ‹Bombay Hook
<http://www.fws.gov/northeast/bombayhook/> and Prime Hook
<http://www.fws.gov/northeast/primehook/> National Wildlife Refuges, and
Cape Henlopen State Park <http://www.destateparks.com/park/cape-henlopen/>
(which has a protected beach area for nesting Piping Plovers!)‹and the
mid-Atlantic coast. This is one of the coolest invitations I've had so
far--I'll get to visit with people from the Delmarva Ornithological Society
<http://www.dosbirds.org/> and maybe get to tag along with a team for their
Bird-A-Thon. If I do that, I'll be asking for pledges to help raise money
for this conservation-oriented fund raiser where ALL of the proceeds go
towards helping acquire or preserve vital migratory shorebird habitat in
Delaware. So far, they have raised over $193,000 and helped acquire 274
acres of habitat in their first five years. This is EXACLY the kind of
project I hope to highlight!
If you are interested in scheduling time with Laura to highlight your
projects and conservation efforts, kindly let me know when you would be
available, how much time you would need and if there is travel involved.
Laura is also interested in seeing the Red Knots and this is an excellent
time of the year for this.
Please feel free to pass this on to anyone else that you feel would be
interested. My contact information is below if you would like to discuss
this with me in more detail.
Thank you for your consideration.
Debbie
Some information on Laura:

Laura Erickson has been in love with birds since she was a small child. She
started birding after she received binoculars and a field guide for
Christmas in 1974. Since then, her philosophy of life has been that ³no one
should go through life listlessly,² and she¹s devoted herself to promoting
the love, understanding, and protection of birds. She¹s served as science
editor at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, rehabbed wild birds for over two
decades, written five books about birds, contributed to Audubon, Birding,
and BirdWatching magazine, and for the past 25 years has produced, as an
unpaid volunteer for several community radio stations, a daily radio spot
about birds podcast at
http://web.me.com/chickadeewhisperer/FTB/Podcast/Podcast.html
<http://web.me.com/chickadeewhisperer/FTB/Podcast/Podcast.html> . Laura
lives with an Eastern Screech-Owl licensed for education as well as her
amazingly tolerant non-birder husband.

Debra Chiczewski Price
President

Friends of White Clay Creek State Park

(302) 234-0919 Home

(302) 290-9159 Cell
<Debchic...>


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