It All Adds Up - announcing a 10,000 Birds conservation project

By Charlie • August 4, 2008 • 8 comments

We’ve been saying some bold things lately about how we’d like 10,000 Birds to become involved in genuine conservation initiatives, and how we’d really like to support local “community-based” conservation projects. Time to put our blog where our mouths are, so to speak…

So, okay, if you add up the following, what do you get?

Sharpe’s Longclaw Macronyx sharpei

Dominic Kamau

The Peter Mowday Conservation Fund

Eagle Optics

Penguin Books

VISITS
Total           659,196
Average Per Day         1,105
Last Hour           54
Today           975
This Week         6,871

Visitors - lots of them…

(Click to donate to the project)

The “Small African Fellowship for Conservation”, a project that we’ve been setting up for six weeks…

…with the Museums of Kenya and researchers from the US…

…that the team at 10,000 Birds has already pledged a minimum of $250.00 to…

…that Eagle Optics has generously offered to donate a new pair of binoculars to…

…that Penguin Books and author Nick Drayson have donated five copies of the splendid A Field Guide to the Birds of East Africa: a novel” to…

…that we really hope our thousands of visitors might be persuaded to donate a dollar each to…

…which could all add up to this bird blog supporting a young Kenyan researcher to take part in the largest survey ever organised to find and protect the remaining populations of Endangered Sharpe’s Longclaw…

Intrigued? Watch this space for details, and please help us help Dominic help one of the rarest birds on the planet…

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About the Author

Charlie

Charlie works for an airline and has birded all over the world for twenty years. He wants to be a writer, and thinks no-one would believe his life could be so charmed if he didn't take photos of as many of the birds he sees as possible. Blogging with 10,000 Birds fits his aims, needs, and insecurities perfectly. Really - do birders get much more fortunate than this?

8 Responses to “It All Adds Up - announcing a 10,000 Birds conservation project”

Christopher Aug 4th, 2008 at 11:04 am

This is really easy to do - at for a single dollor, there is no reason for people to not contribute. Great idea guys - keep it up!
Cheers,
Christopher
Nick Aug 4th, 2008 at 11:48 am

I have approximately no money, but I would like to see it go where it counts, so I will be donating to this cause!
Mike Clinton Aug 4th, 2008 at 1:27 pm

Easy to do, great idea Charlie!
Grant McCreary Aug 4th, 2008 at 7:19 pm

This is just a great idea, guys. I hope this is wildly successful!
Birdfreak Aug 5th, 2008 at 6:50 pm

Count us in!! Bird conservation is our game!!
Birdchaser Aug 5th, 2008 at 9:48 pm

$ is on the way.
Charlie Aug 8th, 2008 at 8:43 am

Thanks so much for your support: great to get this project underway! I’ll be putting many more details online this weekend explaining what we’re trying to do and who Dominic is, and hopefully many more people will think it’s worth clicking the ChipIn widget too
Larry Jordan Aug 19th, 2008 at 1:01 pm

The Birders Report is not only happy to donate but we are in FULL support of this concept! You guys ROCK!