{"id":2185,"date":"2016-06-27T13:10:57","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T20:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aziba.org\/?p=2185"},"modified":"2016-06-27T13:11:13","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T20:11:13","slug":"craigs-big-year-birdathon-in-az-ibas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aziba.org\/?p=2185","title":{"rendered":"Craig&#8217;s Big Year Birdathon in AZ IBAs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2187\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aziba.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/flammulated_owl_5416195643.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2187\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2187\" alt=\"Flammulated Owl chick at Mogollon Rim Snowmelt Draws IBA\" src=\"http:\/\/aziba.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/flammulated_owl_5416195643-224x300.jpg\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aziba.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/flammulated_owl_5416195643-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/aziba.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/flammulated_owl_5416195643.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flammulated Owl chick at Mogollon Rim Snowmelt Draws IBA<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>2016 is Craig\u2019s Big Year!<\/strong> Veteran Arizona birder and Audubon Arizona volunteer &#8220;Bird Nerd&#8221; Craig Anderson hits the road to visit as many of Arizona\u2019s 46 Important Bird Areas \u2013 and see as many species of birds \u2013 as possible from March through December. Join him on his journey through Arizona\u2019s wild places, and save birds at the same time! Important Bird Areas are protected habitat sites crucial to birds, and beautiful areas where the public can see birds and wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re hosting a \u201cBirdathon\u201d in connection with Craig\u2019s Big Year to support our Important Bird Areas program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s how it works:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Enter the Birdathon with a $5 participation fee &#8211; your name will be put in a raffle to win a great prize and you\u2019ll receive exclusive updates about Craig\u2019s adventures.<\/li>\n<li>Pledge per species to help Audubon protect their habitats. For example, if you pledge 10 cents per species and Craig sees a total of 100 species, your pledge would amount to $10.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, you can even join Craig on one of his expeditions for $25 per person (optional of course). All proceeds benefit the Audubon Arizona Important Bird Areas program.\n<p><div id=\"attachment_2188\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aziba.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Craig-Anderson.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2188\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2188\" alt=\"Craig Anderson\" src=\"http:\/\/aziba.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Craig-Anderson-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aziba.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Craig-Anderson-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aziba.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Craig-Anderson.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Craig Anderson<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/events.constantcontact.com\/register\/event?llr=6gsw9udab&amp;oeidk=a07eccvt4p734ba08e2\">Click here to participate!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/craigsbigyear.wordpress.com\/\">Click here to read Craig&#8217;s blog!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2016 is Craig\u2019s Big Year! Veteran Arizona birder and Audubon Arizona volunteer &#8220;Bird Nerd&#8221; Craig Anderson hits the road to visit as many of Arizona\u2019s 46 Important Bird Areas \u2013 and see as many species of birds \u2013 as possible from March through December. Join him on his journey through Arizona\u2019s wild places, and save &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/aziba.org\/?p=2185\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[54,53,28],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aziba.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2185"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aziba.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aziba.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aziba.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aziba.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2185"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aziba.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2190,"href":"https:\/\/aziba.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2185\/revisions\/2190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aziba.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aziba.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aziba.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}