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Write a Post, Help a Dog!

4 The Love Of Animals

How you can help in 2011. Simply spread the word about Write a Post, Help a Dog 2011 and once again Pedigree will donate 20 pounds of food for each blogger’s post. This year the Foundation has already raised more than $376,570 against its goal of $1.5 Ryan Rice at Houston Dog Blog. Isn’t that wonderful!

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Don’t Mess with the Great Texas Birding Classic

10,000 Birds

Competitions like these can also be powerful drivers of habitat and species conservation, which raises the stakes for a Big Day or Big Sit even more. Most bird races I’m familiar with depend on teams directly raising money from supporters, usually on a dollar per bird species basis.

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Wrap-Up of 2012 Big Year Birding

10,000 Birds

A new Australian Big Year Record was set by John Weigel, who did his big year to raise money for Tasmanian Devil conservation. Anthony Collerton also broke a big year record, with 361 species checked off his New York State checklist, breaking the state record of 352 set in 2011 by Richard Fried.

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