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<\/a><\/p>\nHe’s 9 years old and a booster for Arcadia\u2019s Bird-a-thon team. He\u2019s hoping to raise $500 to help Arcadia manage its grassland and forests to help local wildlife like the bobolink, the kestrel, and the eastern meadowlark.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel happy when I feel close to all the different birds chirping, and all this life. Animals are just To help spread the word, Kaiden coded his very own web-app called a Day at Arcadia<\/a> (click the grass if it gets too tall and a special mower will come to assist you), drew an eastern meadowlark, and starred in a video<\/a> that explains just what it means to be a Bird-a-thon booster.<\/p>\n Get\u00a0involved in Bird-a-thon\u00a0by\u00a0joining a team to create a fundraising page<\/a> and\/or contacting a team captain<\/a> to join a birding roster. Can\u2019t participate this year? Consider donating to a sanctuary or program team<\/a>.<\/p>\n Lead Sponsor: Standard Auto This is\u00a0Kaiden. He’s 9 years old and a booster for Arcadia\u2019s Bird-a-thon team. He\u2019s hoping to raise $500 to help Arcadia manage its grassland and forests to help local wildlife like the bobolink, the kestrel, and the eastern meadowlark. \u201cI feel happy when I feel close to all the different birds chirping, and all this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[117,120,179],"class_list":["post-8992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-get-involved","tag-bird-a-thon","tag-birdathon","tag-peopleofbirdathon"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-2l2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7215,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/let-the-bird-a-thon-ing-begin\/","url_meta":{"origin":8992,"position":0},"title":"Let the Bird-a-thon-ing Begin!","author":"Hillary T.","date":"March 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"What are our Bird-a-thon Team Captains looking at? 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like people. They have lives, go about their daily business, raise families, and make homes,\u201d he wrote on his fundraising page<\/a>. \u201cEach needs a special place to do these things. Mass Audubon is helping make that possible, and I am happy to be helping too.\u201d<\/p>\nWant to Join Kaiden?<\/h3>\n
Thank You to our\u00a0Bird-a-thon Sponsors<\/h3>\n
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