Birdathon Teams Page
Discover our teams and make donations here.
Our teams compete to identify the most species (The Golden Binocular Award) and collect the most donations (The Bronze Owl Bank Award). All donations go to support the Whidbey Audubon Society Scholarship Fund and general operating expenses of Whidbey Audubon Society. See what we do here.
You can make donations and pledges to individual teams below. Or you can fill in our Birdathon Pledge Form and we will contact you after Birdathon with your total pledge amount.
All-for-Knot
Team All-for-Knot
The All-for-Knot team is up for the challenge of seeing how many of the 140 bird species possible to sight on Whidbey Island they are able to spot in a 24 hour period, while raising monies for the student scholarship fund.
Our team members this year include Joe Sheldon (pictured left) and Dave Parent (right).
Once again our goal is to enjoy a spectacular day of birding on this "crown jewel" where we live!
We welcome your support!
The Donate button below allows you to make an immediate donation to All-for-Knot.
The Pledge button below allows you to make a pledge per species identified by All-for-Knot.
Shore Thing
Team Shore Thing
Photo by Louie Shellenberger
Cathi Bower, Kathy Obersinner and Patty Cheek.
Although team members have come and gone, Cathi and Kathy have been Whidbey’s Shore Thing since we began together in 2017 (along with our ringer Darwin Wile, that first year) when we spied the first Yellow-headed Blackbird to be seen during an Island Birdathon.
Our Birdathon sightings high-count has so far been 110 for the day, so pledge to team Shore Thing by number of species, if you dare! We do strive for the Coveted Golden Binoculars Award, but more importantly, we’re after that Bronze Owl, the award for the team who has inspired the greatest giving to this Whidbey Audubon event!
Victorious or not, a day’s fun adventure is a Shore Thing!
The Donate button below allows you to make an immediate donation to Shore Thing.
The Pledge button below allows you to make a pledge per species identified by Shore Thing.
Wild Women of Whidbey
Team Wild Women of Whidbey
Once again, the Wild Women of Whidbey (WWW) Birdathon Team will participate in the WAS Birdathon Fund Raiser. Our team of Frances Wood, Ann Casey, Marilynn Strayer and Linda Bainbridge will gather and head out over hill and dale in search of as many bird species as we can find, employing our sharp eyes, our keen ears, our trusted binocs and scopes and leaving no habitat area uncovered.
The WWW is one of the charter member teams in the Whidbey Audubon Birdathon fund raiser. In past years, WWW has been in the top three teams and just a species or two away from winning the coveted Golden Binoculars Award. This year we will be trying our best to surpass our previous team records.
We appreciate your support and donations and will do our very best to represent you in our efforts to help Whidbey Audubon Society achieve it's mission and goals. THANK YOU.
GO WWW!!!!!!
The Donate button below allows you to make an immediate donation to Wild Women of Whidbey.
The Pledge button below allows you to make a pledge per species identified by Wild Women of Whidbey.
Wingin’ It
The Wingin’ It team has been participating in Birdathon since 2003, which makes 2025 our 23nd year! We usually find around 110 species of birds. We love sharing a full day of birding while raising money to support Whidbey Audubon Society. Once we won the Golden Binocular Award and four times we've earned the Bronze Owl Bank for raising the most money through the Birdathon.
Wingin’ It is led by Janet Hall and Sarah Schmidt, joined this year by Ann Linnea, Dyanne Sheldon and Libby Hayward. We are grateful for your donations which further the work of Whidbey Audubon Society and our Scholarship Program.
The Donate button below allows you to make an immediate donation to Wingin’ It.
Wingin’ it Team members looking for different bird species.
Photo by Maribeth Crandell
The Pledge button below allows you to make a pledge per species identified by Wingin’ It.
No Egrets!
Team No Egrets!
No Egrets! is participating in 2025 with team members Louie Shellenberger, Patricia Duarte and Janet Jernigan. We're the newest Birdathon team and are made up of intermediate birders. What we lack in expertise, we compensate with ambition, enthusiasm and snacks.
The Donate button below allows you to make an immediate donation to No Egrets!
The Pledge button below allows you to make a pledge per species identified by No Egrets!
The Pledge button below allows you to make a pledge per species identified by The Coupevillains
The Coupevillains Team includes Steve and Martha Ellis. Plus Sandy Sheilds (not pictured).
The Coupevillains
Team members are Sandy Shields, Martha Ellis, Steve Ellis.
The Coupevillains have participated in all but last year's birdathon, winning The Coveted Golden Binoculars several times over the years. We not only strive to see as many bird species as possible but also list every butterfly, mammal, reptile, amphibian, fish and native flowering plant we come across. It is 1 BIG Bioblitz that celebrates Whidbey Island's glorious springs!
The Coupevillains shall be retiring from the field this year, making this our swan song.
The Donate button below allows you to make an immediate donation to The Coupevillians