In Birds We Trust: A 2011 Challenge

In Birds We Trust (Catherine Camp, Jaci White, and Rhoda Haberman) is a group of friends engaged in a challenge to support a charity. We are birding in support of At The Crossroads. At The Crossroads provides hands-on services to young people at a critical and transitional time in their lives; it does so compassionately, effectively and efficiently. We strongly support the goal of ATC; we admire the creativity and expertise of ATC. We strongly urge you to join us in support of the mission of ATC. We are women 'of a certain age.' We want our next years to be surrounded by young people who believe we have done our best to see them grow and thrive.

We will identify 100 bird species in California over the next four months, participate in at least 3 organized birding events, and take to the fields, streams and backyards as needed in between. We will post updates on this blog about all of our birding adventures - both good and bad! We encourage you to follow our updates, and join us for birding. Above all, we encourage you to support our efforts with a pledge.

You can suppoort our efforts by sending a pledt to www.atthecrossroads.org/campaign/inbirdswetrust1. Or, you can send a check to us directly at 2222 H Street, Sacramento CA 95816.

We are three long-time friends, with a history of birding adventures (and misadventures). Let it be said that our birding history is a bit checkered… some of us have had the tendency to believe that if a kestrel might possibly be there, and the flutter in the tree occurs at the right time of day, well, it must be a kestrel, no matter how fleeting the view. Nevertheless, we have never had a bad day in a marsh. Want to join us? Just contact us and we'll provide the date, the time and we'll bring the smoked oysters and champagne!