Adopt a Tag. Follow a Journey. Protect Vulnerable Birds.

Dear KBO Community,

Across the Pacific Northwest, Klamath Bird Observatory scientists are using innovative tracking technology to uncover the hidden journeys of some of our most vulnerable and least-understood birds. Now, you can be part of that discovery.

We’re excited to launch Adopt-a-Tag, a new giving program that directly supports KBO’s bird movement research. By sponsoring a tag, you help put cutting-edge tools, GPS tags, Motus tags, and satellite transmitters into the field, where they reveal how birds move, where they stop, what habitats they depend on, and what challenges they face throughout the year.

These tiny tags can tell powerful stories.

KBO’s long-term work with Western Purple Martins has revealed a nearly 7,000-mile migration from Oregon to southeastern Brazil, including previously unknown stopover sites. Our research on Oregon Vesper Sparrows is helping scientists better understand migration routes, overwintering areas, survival, dispersal, and the conservation needs of one of the region’s most imperiled songbirds.

Every tag deployed, and every tag recovered, adds to a growing body of science that guides conservation action across species, landscapes, and seasons.

Through Adopt-a-Tag, supporters can choose from three giving levels:

Full Tag Project Support — $5,000
Covers one tag, deployment, and analysis. Supporters receive seasonal migration updates, exclusive access to webinars with KBO scientists, and select merchandise.

Tag and Deployment Support — $3,000
Covers one tag and its deployment. Supporters receive exclusive access to webinars with KBO scientists and select merchandise.

Tag Support — $1,500
Covers the cost of one tag. Supporters receive exclusive access to webinars.

When you adopt a tag, you become a partner in discovery. Your support helps researchers document migration routes, identify wintering grounds and stopover habitats, understand survival challenges, and protect critical habitat across the full annual cycle. Even if a tag is lost or a bird does not return, your gift still advances fieldwork, analysis, and the next opportunity to track these rare species.

Adopt a tag. Adopt a journey. Help us follow the flight paths that conservation depends on.

Adopt a Tag today:
https://klamathbird.org/adoptatag/

With gratitude,

Klamath Bird Observatory