What’s Birdathon? 

Birdathon is our biggest and most FUN fundraiser of the year!

How does it work? Like a walk-a-thon, Birdathon participants collect pledges from friends and family via their team page on our website. Then participants record how many species they can identify during any 24-hour period during peak migration in April and May.

Thank you to our 18 intrepid 2026 Birdathon teams and donors who raised a record-breaking $21,000! Your hard work and support means more that we can express!

Birdathon helps NVBA to support outdoor education, citizen science, habitat conservation, and programs to encourage people to plant native plants and protect native wildlife. Birdathon also helps ornithologists better understand spring migration by reporting sightings through eBird, an online database of bird observations run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Watch this page for information on Birdathon 2027 starting in February!