Prizes and Sponsors

Teams and individuals that raise the most money are eligible to win prizes in the Spring Birdathon. Please read the Rules & Guidelines for more information.

We wish to extend our thanks to the organizations that generously donated prizes and services in support of SCVAS’s annual Spring Birdathon. Here are some of our sponsors for 2020:

2020 Prize List:

  • Tickets for two on one of Alvaro’s Adventures summer pelagic trips from Half Moon Bay accompanied by one or two of our best pelagic birders. Snacks and a scope provided

  • Beauregard Winery wine tasting for ten people

  • Cooper-Garrod Estate Vineyards wine tasting

  • Gift basket from the Los Gatos Birdwatcher

  • Spotting scope & tripod from Orion Telescopes

  • Two color plates from The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada by John Muir Laws

  • Zeiss binoculars

  • Kowa — BD 8x42 XD binoculars

  • A three-hour birding excursion to Loma Prieta to look for mountain specialties, lead by Ryan Phillips

  • A birding field trip lead by our Executive Director Matthew Dodder

  • Pelagic trip for two from Cheesemans’ Ecology Safaris

  • A personalized history and birding tour for two of Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve with Board Members Diane and Peter Hart, with a special lunch afterward

  • A week’s stay in a two-bedroom timeshare resort. Nine locations from which to choose 

  • One trip for two people to the California Academy of Sciences to bird the Tropical Rain forest exhibit and other activities, then lunch and in the afternoon bird the botanic gardens and Stow lake.

  • A personalized trip for two with Mike Mammoser to find birds

  • A private tour of the California Raptor Center at UC Davis accompanied by SCVAS raptor specialist Mike Armer. SCVAS will provide transportation and lunch

  • Birding Field Guides

  • Portraits of Birds: Shoreline Park, a photography collection by SCVAS member John Hurley, hardbound.

  • Custom hummingbird wooden jigsaw puzzle in wooden carrying case

  • One-year membership in the American Birding Association (ABA)

  • A hand-carved wooden statue of a Red-breasted Goose, created by SCVAS volunteer Jack Cole

  • Adult size M Patagonia rain shell, keep dry and warm while birding in all weather.