At the New Haven Bird Club's December meeting, the yellow-bellied sapsucker was randomly drawn as The Golden Bird! for 2006. This year's winning circle is the Lighthouse Point Park Hawkers, led by Steve Mayo at Lighthouse Point Park, New Haven, Connecticut.
Thank you to Swarovski Optik for sponsoring The Golden Bird! Swarovski Optik can be found on the web at www.swarovskioptik.com.
Swarovski Optik annually sponsors The Golden Bird Award and all Big Sit teams are eligible. A North American bird species is selected randomly by the New Haven Bird Club at its December meeting. This year the yellow-bellied sapsucker was selected. All Big Sit teams that spotted a yellow-bellied sapsucker (there were 31 teams that did during the 2006 Big Sit) are placed in a hat for a random drawing. The team that wins The Golden Bird Award receives $500 from Swarovski which the team applies to a conservation cause or project of its choice.