{"id":15255,"date":"2015-04-25T17:50:25","date_gmt":"2015-04-25T08:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=15255"},"modified":"2015-04-28T20:01:58","modified_gmt":"2015-04-28T11:01:58","slug":"birdathon-2015-second-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdskoreablog.org\/?p=15255","title":{"rendered":"Birdathon 2015: Second Notice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Birds Koreans and Birds Korea Supporters,<\/p>\n

Only a week or so to go now! Spring migration is reaching its peak here in Korea, with a wonderful diversity of bird species: time for our fifth annual Birdathon (May 2nd<\/sup>-10th<\/sup>) in celebration of World Migratory Bird Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The annual Birdathon is an enjoyable way to help raise extra much-needed funds for our conservation work and to help family, friends and work colleagues learn a little more about your love of birds and birding!<\/p>\n

The 2015 Birdathon will help raise funds towards publishing the Korean-language version of our pioneering report “Status of Birds<\/a>” (approximately 3million won \/ 3,000 USD)\u00a0 and to support the full attendance of Birds Korea at September’s international workshop on the Endangered Scaly-sided Merganser<\/strong> Mergus squamatus, <\/em>to be held in Russia<\/a> (approximately 1million won \/ 1,000USD to ensure that two Birds Koreans can attend). Both are important for the future work and direction of Birds Korea.<\/p>\n

The rules are simple:<\/p>\n

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  1. Birdathons can be of any length, from one hour to a full 24 hours, starting or finishing within the period Saturday May 2nd<\/sup>– Sunday May 10th<\/sup>.<\/li>\n
  2. Participants can bird on foot or use any form of transport (with the encouragement to calculate and to mitigate their carbon footprint).<\/li>\n
  3. Participants aim to see or hear as many species as possible within the time limit.<\/li>\n
  4. All species seen or heard, as long as they are given full species status on the Birds Korea 2014 Checklist<\/a> (or by the IOC or national checklist authority for overseas Birdathons)\u00a0can be considered \u201crecorded\u201d.<\/li>\n
  5. A completed checklist (in English or Korean, using the Birds Korea 2014 Checklist or relevant authority) is to be sent to Birds Korea no later than May 15th<\/sup> please.<\/li>\n
  6. Those birdathons completed on May 9th<\/sup> will also be submitted to e-bird, as part of Cornell\u2019s \u201cGlobal Big Day<\/a>\u201d, if checklists are submitted by May 12th<\/sup>.<\/li>\n
  7. Participants find sponsors to donate money: either money for each species, or a total.<\/li>\n
  8. Participants please collect money from sponsors, or ask sponsors to send money by bank transfer if possible before May 20th <\/sup>to:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Kookmin Bank<\/strong>
    \nAccount Number 114001-04-033214
    \nAccount Name Cheon Hyun-Ae (Saemangeum)
    \nSwift Code: CZNBKRSE<\/p>\n

    Birds Korea regrets that although we are a legally-registered NGO, our status does not yet allow sponsors to receive tax-breaks for their donations.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Thanks to your support, the Birdathon raised over 2million won in 2014, contributing to our successful delivery of the landmark publication \u201cStatus of Birds, 2014<\/em>\u201d at the 2014 Convention on Biological Diversity COP<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    A few Birdathon Targets to Aim for (and beat!) in 2015:<\/p>\n