What is a Bird-A-Thon? A Bird-A-Thon is a fund raising event designed around a timed effort by birders to see as many species as possible, for which they seek pledges for each species recorded. Typically scheduled for a 24-hour period, teams of birders either work together or compete against each another for the distinction of seeing the most species.
The Audubon RAINgers project will help protect the last large free-flowing river in the lower 48 states—the Pascagoula River! It will also help protect an amazing array of creatures that depend on the river to survive—including otters, bald eagles, two-toed, alligator gar fish and the yellow-blotched sawback turtle, found nowhere on Earth except the Pascagoula River. Young people from Moss Point school district will lead the effort to protect this important river.
This annual event is offered to engage local families and nature tourists about the high-quality habitats and wildlife that can be found in the lower Pascagoula River basin in Jackson and George counties, Mississippi.
The Pascagoula River Audubon Center offers a fun and conservation minded camp for students in Grades 2-5. The camps activities are based on the Mississippi state frameworks for Math and Science. Camp activities foster a “hands on” approach to learning, and prepare students for the upcoming school year. This encourages them to become excited about nature and collecting data.
As a reminder to everyone interested in attracting wildlife to thier backyards, we have set this page up as a monthly, seasonal or even weekly reminder to take care of those "mother nature.....honey do's". Check back frequently to see what should be on your "to do" list :
The use of citizen-science networks often allows scientists to accomplish research objectives more feasibly than would otherwise be possible. In addition, these projects aim to promote public engagement with the research, as well as with science in general. Some programs provide materials specifically for use by individuals to partcipate or broaden their "scope" of knowledge.
