The Georgia Ornithological Society (GOS) is once again coordinating the collection of birding equipment to
assist the American Birding Association's Birders' Exchange program.
Bring your new (or used) birding equipment to the GOS booth at this year's Colonial Coast Birding & Nature Festival and we'll get it to the Birders' Exchange at ABA.
Go a step further and help us by collecting equipment at your next Audubon chapter meeting. If you need help getting it to Jekyll Island, contact me (Steve Holzman steve_holzman AT yahoo.com) and I'll make sure it gets there.
We should be able to make a great contribution to help conserve our neotropical migrants on their increasingly fragile wintering grounds. From the ABA website:
"To successfully address Neotropical migratory bird issues, good science and public awareness are essential. However, in the Neotropics, many researchers, educators, and conservationists work without the most basic equipment. The ABA addresses this need for equipment and educational tools and contributes to bird conservation through its Birders' Exchange program. Birders' Excange takes new and used birding equipment and educational materials and matches it with local scientists, conservationists, and educators in Latin America and the Caribbean."
- Binoculars - we especially are in need of rubber armored and/or waterproof binoculars
- Digital cameras
- GPS Units
- Spotting scopes
- Tripods
- Field guides to Neotropical birds
- Field guides to North American birds
- Ornithology texts
- Laptop computers
- Backpacks
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