Fundraising Progress

29%
of $275,000 Goal
$78,434
Raised

The World Series of Birding
Saturday, May 9th, 2026

WELCOME to the New Jersey Audubon World Series of Birding fundraising site! From here you can:

  • Start a team
  • Join a team
  • Make a donation to a team or individual, or a general donation to the WSB
  • Purchase Awards Brunch tickets
  • Purchase Official WSB t-shirts

Your donations will help WSB participants reach their fundraising goals and achieve milestone badges! Check them out:

Participants will get a virtual sticker every time they reach a fundraising milestone:

Habitat Hero RibbonHabitat Hero at $250.00

Conservation Champion RibbonConservation Champion at $500.00

Wildlife Rock Star RibbonWildlife Rockstar at $1,000.00

Your team effort generates stickers, too! Teams will achieve:

Goldfinch BadgeGoldfinch at $1,000

Golden-winged Warbler BadgeGolden-winged Warbler at $2,500

Golden Plover BadgeGolden Plover at $5,000

Golden Plover BadgeGolden Eagle at $10,000

We hope you enjoy this new fundraising platform and all it has to offer. We welcome your feedback at wsb@njaudubon.org.

Top Teams

  1 -  The Pete Dunnelins ($60.00)
  2 -  The Flying Penguins ($40.00)
  3 -  Pmonts Peacocks '26 ($40.00)
  4 -  Rockin' Robins ($20.00)
  1 -  Goldfinch, New Jersey's State Bird! Origins Nighthawks ($1,000.00)
  2 -  Springwatch Swifts ($800.00)
  3 -  Northern Hurriers ($500.00)
  4 -  Avian Avarice ($425.00)
  5 -  Middlesex Merlins ($400.00)
  6 -  The Young Ducks ($400.00)
  7 -  1000 Birds ($400.00)
  8 -  ***mega ($200.00)
  9 -  Zen Zugunruhe ($200.00)
  10 -  Shark River Seekers ($200.00)
  1 -  Golden Eagle Wandering Tattlers ($32,050.00)
  2 -  Golden Plover CMBO Century Run ($7,955.00)
  3 -  Golden-winged Warbler Fight'n Femelschlagers ($4,975.00)
  4 -  Goldfinch, New Jersey's State Bird! Sandy Hook Century Run ($2,425.00)
  5 -  Goldfinch, New Jersey's State Bird! Scherman Hoffman Century Run ($2,350.00)
  6 -  Goldfinch, New Jersey's State Bird! Bittern Brigade ($1,500.00)
  7 -  Goldfinch, New Jersey's State Bird! NJNG Blue Herons ($1,500.00)
  8 -  Goldfinch, New Jersey's State Bird! The Green Herons ($1,500.00)
  9 -  Goldfinch, New Jersey's State Bird! Rambling Redstarts ($1,000.00)
  10 -  Chit Chats ($950.00)

Top Participants

  1 -  Juliette Hopkins ($20.00)
  2 -  Felix Waclawski ($20.00)
  3 -  Anishka Vahia ($20.00)
  4 -  Jack Trojan ($20.00)
  5 -  Otys Train ($20.00)
  6 -  Zade Pacetti ($20.00)
  7 -  Ethan Kang ($20.00)
  8 -  Christian Scheibe ($20.00)
  9 -  Jonathan Hopkins ($0.00)
  10 -  Justine Hopkins ($0.00)
  1 -  Conservation Champion Michael Jaklitsch ($600.00)
  2 -  Habitat Hero Emily Reed ($400.00)
  3 -  Habitat Hero Thomas Reed ($300.00)
  4 -  Steven Rodan ($200.00)
  5 -  Marc Chelemer ($100.00)
  6 -  Andres Choussy ($100.00)
  7 -  Isaac Wood-Lewis ($100.00)
  8 -  Daniel Poalillo ($100.00)
  9 -  Whitney Dyer ($100.00)
  10 -  David Benvent ($100.00)
  1 -  Tedor Whitman ($0.00)
  2 -  James Blumenstein ($0.00)
  3 -  Lenore Tedesco ($0.00)
  4 -  Jenna Zimmerman ($0.00)
  5 -  Wendi Mulvey ($0.00)
  6 -  Corinne Schall ($0.00)
  7 -  Jon Mularczyk ($0.00)
  8 -  Michael Schall ($0.00)
  9 -  Hugh Carola ($0.00)
  10 -  Daniel Carola ($0.00)
  1 -  Wildlife Rock Star Richard Kauffeld ($5,000.00)
  2 -  Wildlife Rock Star Mark Levy ($3,500.00)
  3 -  Wildlife Rock Star Ashley Rey ($3,400.00)
  4 -  Wildlife Rock Star Geraldine Smith ($2,500.00)
  5 -  Wildlife Rock Star Merideth Mueller-Bolton ($2,500.00)
  6 -  Wildlife Rock Star David Beard ($2,500.00)
  7 -  Wildlife Rock Star Keith Parker ($1,500.00)
  8 -  Wildlife Rock Star Alex Ireland ($1,500.00)
  9 -  Wildlife Rock Star Jackie Parker ($1,500.00)
  10 -  Wildlife Rock Star Scott Barnes ($1,375.00)

   

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