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The "Twitchers in the Rye" competes in the Superbowl of Birding and accepts pledges to support NH eBird and New Hampshire Bird Records (both programs of New Hampshire Audubon's Conservation Department).
"Twitchers" is led by Pam Hunt and usually includes Becky Suomala, Pat Myers, and Andrea Robbins. The Superbowl involves looking for as many species as possible in 12 hours on the last weekend in January and is run by Mass Audubon's Joppa Flats Education Center. Teams can compete in Essex County, MA and/or Rockingham County, NH. When the "Twitchers" formed their team they decided to restrict their search area to just one town (hence the name!), even though there's no category for that in the competition.
It is great fun and the team is always hoping to beat their previous high of 63 species and 112 points all in the town of Rye. Help spur them on by pledging an amount per species or per point - and support the collection of bird data for conservation at the same time. When it is windy and two degrees for much of the day as it was in 2009, knowing that each species or point builds contributions for conservation is great encourage to keep going!
| Year | Species | Points |
| 2009 | 63 | 112 |
| 2010 | 53 | 78 |
| 2011 | 57 | 94 |
If you'd like to pledge, please contact Becky Suomala at bsuomala@nhaudubon.org or 603-224-9909 x309.
You can view our past results from 2010 and 2011(.pdf).