The Redheads (L-R): Brendan Fogarty, Hope Batcheller, Eric Gulson, Jack Hruska, and Ben Barkley. Hope and Ben dyed their hair red for the Big Day! Photo by Mary Batcheller

The Redheads captured second place in the Cape May County division of the World Series with 168 species. Funds donated in support of The Redheads are used for undergraduate expeditions and research projects. You can still show your support! Please click the button above to donate.

The Anti-Petrels Take Top Honors Again

The Anti-Petrels (L-R): Hugh Powell, France Dewaghe, and Charles Eldermire. Photo by Benjamin Clock

Three Cornell Lab staff, called the Anti-Petrels, rode their bikes 102 miles across Cape May County and tallied 164 species, winning their third Carbon Footprint Challenge in row. You can still donate to the team to help support work at the Lab. Please click the button above to donate.

Please help all the Cornell Lab's birding teams reach our goal of $250,000 for conservation

A Thank-You from the Sapsuckers and details of the Big Day in Texas

The Sapsuckers made birding history againon April 27, tying the record they set last year—264 bird species seen or heard in a single 24-hour period. See the final tally of species

You can still pledge any amount per species the team found, or donate a flat amount to support the Sapsuckers and help fund bird conservation work at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Thank you to all who have supported our birding teams! 

Team Sapsucker (L-R): Andrew Farnsworth, Chris Wood, Jessie Barry, Tim Lenz, and Marshall Iliff.