Giving Tuesday is a day of charitable giving to non-profits around the world. It's done all online, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving (this year, November 30).

One of Madison Audubon’s important goals is to create high quality habitat to support a whole bunch of different birds. At our Faville Grove Sanctuary, that’s 171 different bird species. We are setting a big Giving Tuesday goal of 171 gifts to support those 171 amazing bird species. Will you be one?

This special group of people who donate on November 30 will be listed on our website (unless their donation is made anonymously) and know they’ve kicked off a very important—essential—fundraising time for Madison Audubon.

No matter how big or small your gift, it goes toward helping make this world a better place this Giving Tuesday. Kids, birds, and habitats thank you (and so do all of us at Madison Audubon)!

Our Donor Flock of 171

When you help us reach our goal by making a donation on November 30, your name will be included in the Donor Flock below. Thank you for your support!

1. Wilson’s Snipe | Becky Hanson, in memory of Lindsey Hanson

2. Blue-headed Vireo | Mary Sobol

3. Northern Flicker | Pat Clark

4. American Crow | Becky Abel

5. Wood Duck | Mark Martin and Susan Foote-Martin, in honor of Goose Pond volunteers

6. Tundra Swan | Anonymous

7. Pine Warbler | Abi Degner, in memory of Thelma Hershey

8. Barred Owl | Matthew and Fredrika Dettlaff, in memory of James Edward Dettlaff

9. Pied-billed Grebe | Anonymous

10. Pileated Woodpecker | Andrew Maher

11. Golden-crowned Kinglet | Galen Hasler

12. American Goldfinch | Lili Behm

13. American White Pelican | Sharon Gray

14. Least Sandpiper | Anonymous

15. Scarlet Tanager | Bob McGrath

16. Bay-breasted Warbler | Anonymous

17. American Coot | Sharon Brancel

18. Dickcissel | Anonymous

19. Snow Bunting | Megan Heneke and Patrick Hill

20. Bonaparte’s Gull | Anonymous

21. Sandhill Crane | Kathleen and Larry Svabek, in honor of Kaitlin Svabek and Oliver Radcliffe

22. Common Merganser | Anonymous

23. White-breasted Nuthatch | Bruce and Donna Wallbaum

24. American Robin | Marcia MacKenzie

25. Tennessee Warbler | Rebecca Carlin

26. Eastern Meadowlark | Janet and Michael Kane

27. Canada Goose | Renee Sandler, in memory of John Robert Cary

28. Common Nighthawk | Anonymous, in honor of Becky Abel

29. Lesser Yellowlegs | Anonymous

30. Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Anonymous

31. Swainson’s Thrush | Anonymous

32. Herring Gull | Liz Abel

33. Great Horned Owl | Oliver Radcliffe and Kaitlin Svabek

34. Red-winged Blackbird | Lisa and Ed Binkley

35. Vesper Sparrow | Martha Askins

36. Red-breasted Nuthatch | Susan Arnston, in honor of JD Arnston

37. Northern Cardinal | Brenna and Jeremiah Marsicek, in honor of Francis Jeno

38. Savannah Sparrow | Anonymous

39. Brown Thrasher | Caleb Pourchot

40. Northern Harrier | JD Arnston

41. Purple Martin | Pam Nikolai, in honor of Dick Nikolai

42. Bufflehead | Kay Rashka

43. Wood Thrush | Kris Perlberg and Annette Gomez

44. Tree Swallow | Anonymous

45. Brown Creeper | Lesley H.

46. Tufted Titmouse | Joann Ringelstetter, in memory of Janie Ringelstetter

47. Warbling Vireo | Anonymous

48. Short-eared Owl | Caitlyn Schuchhardt

49. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Anonymous

50. Belted Kingfisher | Anonymous

51. Sharp-shinned Hawk | David Phillips

52. Burrowing Owl | Anonymous

53. Indigo Bunting | Jackie Miller, in honor of Andy Miller

54. Common Grackle | Anonymous

55. Magnolia Warbler | Anonymous

56. Red-headed Woodpecker | Pat Maddox

57. Bald Eagle | Anonymous

58. Common Loon | Anonymous

59. Hairy Woodpecker | Anonymous

60. Marsh Wren | Anonymous

61. Gray Catbird | Amy Ihlenfeldt

62. American Kestrel | Laura Anderson

63. Northern Shoveler | Anonymous

64. Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Tom Gray

65. Green Heron | Jim Shurts

66. Sora | Devyn Beaugh

67. Pectoral Sandpiper | Sandy Bolles

68. Blue Jay | Jena & Nick McCullough

69. Merlin | David Rihn & Val Bailey-Rihn

70. Osprey | Arlene and Jeff Koziol

71. Ring-necked Duck | Kate and Fred Dike

72. House Finch | Anonymous

73. Eastern Screech-Owl | Anonymous

74. Hooded Merganser | Harry and Sylvia Peterson

75. Cooper’s Hawk | Joann Hayes and Alan Penn, in memory of Leslie Powner

76. Forster’s Tern | Anonymous

77. Rough-legged Hawk | Mary Regel and Bill Egbert

78. Eastern Bluebird | Anonymous

79. Greater White-fronted Goose | Anonymous

80. Great Crested Flycatcher | Patricia Constans

81. Chimney Swift | Tesha M. Pittenger

82. Pine Siskin | Larry Hill/Sharon Eastman

83. Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Anonymous

84. Blackburnian Warbler | Lila Walsh

85. Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Anonymous

86. Double-crested Cormorant | Geralyn Hawkins

87. Great Egret | Marsha Janota

88. Sedge Wren | Bill Cary

89. Eastern Whip-poor-will | Anonymous

90. Red-tailed Hawk | Justin Richardson, Katie Norcross

91. Ruddy Duck | Tom Schrader

92. American Woodcock | Ed Neumueller, in honor of Patty Neumueller

93. Dark-eyed Junco | Anonymous

94. Eastern Towhee | Anonymous

95. Virginia Rail | Andrea and Rich Zietko

96. Northern Parula | Gwyn and Peter Goy, in honor of Earth

97. Orchard Oriole | Holly McEntee and Eric Sandgren

98. Downy Woodpecker | Bill & Lynn Jarzombeck, in memory of Richard Pritzl

99. Mourning Dove | Frank Iltis

100. Baltimore Oriole | Brad Duncan and Tracy Topalian

101. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Robert and Susan Doyle

102. Red-eyed Vireo | Anonymous

103. Hermit Thrush | Lisa Miller

104. Bobolink | Meggan Kehrli and Joe Brucker

105. Song Sparrow | Anonymous

106. Alder Flycatcher | Anonymous

107. Black-throated Green Warbler | Cayla Matte

108. Red-bellied Woodpecker | Margaret Gierhart

109. Spotted Sandpiper | Anonymous

110. Great Blue Heron | Marisa Ulman

111. Henslow’s Sparrow | Anonymous

112. Eastern Phoebe | Anonymous

113. Gadwall | Anonymous

114. Eastern Wood-Pewee | Laura Wentz

115. House Wren | Anonymous

116. Northern Shrike | Anonymous

117. Black-capped Chickadee | Anonymous

118. Yellow Warbler | Anonymous

119. Cedar Waxwing | Teresa Santulli, in memory of Annette Geiser

120. Wild Turkey | Megan & Adam Senatori, in honor of our sweet Samuel (age 10)

121. Fox Sparrow | Eve Paretsky and Karl Knaub

122. American Redstart | Elise Hein, in honor of Ruth Hoffman Hein

123. Barn Swallow | Emilee Martell

124. Ovenbird | Sue Reindollar

125. American Bittern | Anonymous

126. Northern Waterthrush | Claire Lamberg, in honor of Jan Lamberg

127. Golden-winged Warbler | Anonymous

128. Greater Yellowlegs | Patrick Heeney and Sam Pipe

129. Veery | Anonymous

130. Horned Lark | Britta and Ben Lindberg

131. Common Yellowthroat | Judy Benade, in memory of Bill Grogan

132. Greater Prairie-Chicken | Kevin Anderson

133. Eastern Kingbird | Jeff Pieterick, in honor of Roger Packard and David Musolf

134. Mallard | Anonymous

135. Turkey Vulture | Philip and Helen Bradbury

136. Palm Warbler | Anonymous

137. Clay-colored Sparrow | Barbara and John Mitchell

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Cover image: A White-breasted Nuthatch perches sideways on a tree (photo by Kelly Colgan Azar).