BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//WordPress - MECv7.36.4//EN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://naturefriendmagazine.com/ X-WR-CALNAME:Nature Friend Magazine X-WR-CALDESC:Helping families explore the wonders of God's creation X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=03;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T010000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H X-MS-OLK-FORCEINSPECTOROPEN:TRUE BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-9f734789b5697361e7551c71637abc25@naturefriendmagazine.com DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250322T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250601T000000 DTSTAMP:20250322T114342Z CREATED:20250322 LAST-MODIFIED:20250322 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:5 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:Spring Birding 2025 Contest DESCRIPTION:\nMany birds are migrating through. How many species can our Nature Friend subscriber family spy? Let’s have some birding fun and find out.We are going to split into two teams. We want to see if Team Hawk or Team Owl can spy the most. You will be part of a team, but you won’t know which team until the results are published. So, when you and your cousins go birding together, each of you recording your observations, you do not know if your entries will be on the same team or opposite teams. So get together and have fun.\n\n\n\nBirding Contest Rules\n\n\n\n\nBe an active subscriber to Nature Friend. Each subscription is good for one list, and all members of the family/household may participate.\n\n\n\nRecord the species of birds you see (or know by sound) for a period of three days. You may choose your three-day period anytime, but it must end no later than May 31, 2025.\n\n\n\nIdentify your list by including the start and end dates of the effort, the name of each who contributed to the list, your mailing address, and your subscriber number.\n\n\n\nOrganize your list before submitting. Record bird’s last name, first name. Alphabetical order is appreciated.\n\n\n\nSubmit list to us no later than immediately after deadline. We hope to have results in the August issue, which we compile in June, but being able to do so will require us to get an early start. Otherwise, the results will be published in September.\n\n\n\nWhen possible, attach an Excel (.xlsx) file. Second choice is a typed list. Third choice is neatly printed. We reserve the right to discard hard-to-read submissions.\n\n\n\n\nWe will split the submissions, assigning half to Team Hawk, and half to Team Owl. We will then combine lists from the various contributors into a Master List for each team, and publish the results. We also plan to publish the name of each person who contributed to the list.So let’s get started and see how many birds we can find.Oh yes. If you find an extra rare bird, please jot a note about the events surrounding its discovery—anything that verifies the ID as accurate.Fun stories and photos about your birding are invited but are not required.E-mail to:BirdList at naturefriendmagazine dot com(Email address disguised to avoid spam.)Mail to:Nature FriendBird List4253 Woodcock LaneDayton, VA 22821\n\n\n\nvar gform;gform||(document.addEventListener("gform_main_scripts_loaded",function(){gform.scriptsLoaded=!0}),document.addEventListener("gform/theme/scripts_loaded",function(){gform.themeScriptsLoaded=!0}),window.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){gform.domLoaded=!0}),gform={domLoaded:!1,scriptsLoaded:!1,themeScriptsLoaded:!1,isFormEditor:()=>"function"==typeof InitializeEditor,callIfLoaded:function(o){return!(!gform.domLoaded||!gform.scriptsLoaded||!gform.themeScriptsLoaded&&!gform.isFormEditor()||(gform.isFormEditor()&&console.warn("The use of gform.initializeOnLoaded() is deprecated in the form editor 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(If you are an active subscriber but cannot find your subscriber number, type “Active subscriber, number missing.”)Not a subscriber? Subscribe now! ( https://naturefriendmagazine.com/subscribe/ )List all participants(Required)Attach bird list(Required)Accepted file types: xlsx, doc, docx, Max. file size: 256 MB. Please include all birds seen or heard, as well as the dates of your three-day birding period.Attach stories or photos\n \n Drop files here or \n Select files\n \n Accepted file types: doc, docx, jpg, jpeg, pdf, Max. file size: 256 MB. \n Submit \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n URL:https://naturefriendmagazine.com/events/spring-birding-2025-contest/ CATEGORIES:Contest ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://naturefriendmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Prothonotary-Warbler-3-www.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR