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General Donation

The Beaverhill Bird Observatory is a non-profit, registered charity. 100% of your donation will go towards our research, monitoring, and education programs. Your donation is the key to our success.

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BBO Big Birding Day 2024!

On May 20, the BBO staff will be finding as many species of birds as possible in a single day to raise money for bird conservation! This year our goal is to see over 100 species by the time the day is done.

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Endowment Fundraiser

As a non-profit, the BBO relies on grants, casinos, and donations to continue the work we do, none of which can be counted on from year to year.

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MOTUS Tagging Research

Owl sponsorships have sold out! You can still donate to support this project but you will not be able to name an owl. Thank you so much to everyone who donated!

In the summer of 2022, the Beaverhill Bird Observatory finished setting up the 4th Motus tower to be established in Alberta. Motus is a wildlife tracking system that uses small radio transmitter tags, which will ping off any Motus tower in a 15 km radius once the tag is activated.

Our Motus tower has already picked up White-throated Sparrows that were originally tagged in Prince George, BC. We hope these detections are the first of many to come!

We intend to make use of this growing technology to expand our research on the spring movements of Northern Saw-whet Owls, which is understudied.

Our owl banding programs take place in the fall because the Saw-whet's spring migration occurs well before the snow melts and our field station becomes accessible.

Deploying Motus tags on owls will allow us to detect some of these migrants even when we cannot safely be at the station to capture them. As well, because the battery life of a tag is several years, we will be able to observe changes in migration patterns over the owl's lifespan.

Each Motus tag costs roughly $300, and we hope that this campaign will allow us to purchase several tags to deploy during the 2023 field season. Additionally, more tower coverage is needed in Alberta! Contact us at biologist@beaverhillbirds.com if you are interested in setting up a MOTUS tower.

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Security Donation

By donating securities (stocks, bonds or mutual funds) directly to a charity as opposed to selling them and donating the proceeds, the capital gains tax can be eliminated. This means more money for the charity and a greater charitable tax credit for you. In Alberta, in-kind gifts of shares and mutual funds may provide up to $240 of additional tax savings for every $1,000 of capital gain than would be the case if you sold the shares and gave the proceeds to charity. We encourage you to talk to your financial advisor before making such a donation.

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