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Oxbow Birdathon 2025
ASO Supports the Oxbow Birdathon
*Note: This year’s event will be held on Friday and Saturday May 2nd and 3rd.
There is still time to register for the Oxbow Inc. BIRDATHON. This is an annual fundraiser and area birding event since 1987. The idea is to spend all, or part, of a 24 hour period trying to find the greatest number of bird species you can. If you can come up with a few dollars in pledges or donations for Oxbow Inc., all the better. Form a team or go birding as an individual. You can choose wherever you want to go birding in the Tri-State region.
As always, the event will begin at 5:00 p.m. sharp on Friday evening and end at 5:00 p.m. sharp on Saturday. At that time the Birdathon Tally begins. Plenty of cold drinks, pizzas and other food on a help yourself buffet is provided before the Grand Tally begins and our combined bird sightings are revealed. This year the Birdathon Tally will again be held at the Fernald Preserve Visitors Center. We wish to thank the staff at Fernald for the generous use of their facilities. The Fernald Preserve entrance is located at 7400 Willey Road, about half a mile west of State Route 128, in Crosley Township in Northwestern Hamilton County (see the Fernald Preserve website, https://www.energy.gov/lm/fernald-preserve-visitors-center). There is ample parking and is centrally located to many of the best birding sites (including Fernald itself) on the west side of town.
There is a $5.00 per person registration fee. This is your only cost. Most of that goes to defray the cost of pizza, snacks, drinks and other goodies at the Grand Tally.
If you would like to participate email me at: jaystenger1@gmail.com
I will then send you a printable Registration Form, Birdathon Checklist and Birdathon Area Map among some other informative materials. If you choose to participate you must email me so we know how many people are participating and to plan accordingly. Bring your completed registration and checklist to the Tally or mail them to Oxbow Inc If you cannot make it to the tally.
Visit the Oxbow Inc. website:
Oxbow Inc.
PO Box 4172
Lawrenceburg, Indiana 470255
This event is mostly about having fun, comradery and promoting birds and birding during spring migration. We hope you chose to participate. Feel free to contact me, Jay Stenger, at the above email address if you have any questions.