Banquet for the Birds 2025
If you love birds and love our community, this event is for you! Enjoy drinks, dinner, dessert, our famous silent auction, lively live auction, raffle and a very special guest speaker, Christian Cooper.
Christian Cooper was the Daytime Emmy Award-winning Host of the National Geographic hit series: Extraordinary Birder with Christian Cooper and NY Times best-selling author, Better Living Through Birding. His new children’s book, Urban Owls: How Flaco and Friends Made the City Their Home will be published February 18, 2025. Christian's books will be available for purchase and he will sign them for you at the Banquet.
Practically born with a pair of binoculars in his hands, he served as president of the Harvard Ornithological Club in his college days; currently as a vice president of New York City Bird Alliance he advocates for greater, safer access to green spaces for all, with a focus on outreach to youth in under served communities. A longtime activist on issues of racial justice and LGBTQ equality, Christian combined his passions in the BLM graphic short story, "It’s a Bird” from DC Comics, and he continues to seek synergy at the intersections of storytelling, progressivism, and environmentalism.
We look forward to a fun-filled evening with inspiring conversation, food, featured artwork, exciting auction adventures and most importantly -- our community that is the cornerstone of our conservation work.
Doors open at 4:30 p.m., the program starts at 5:30 p.m., and the event ends at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $95 from February 1-28. On March 1, tickets increase to $120. All drinks and food are included. The event is located at the Atrium at Albertsons Corporate Offices, 250 E Parkcenter Blvd., Boise.
We’re singing melodious bird songs of gratitude to our sponsors!
To add your name to this growing list, please see the event Sponsorship Packet or contact Cynthia at cwallesz@goldeneagleaudubon.org
Samantha Harvey, Organizer of the "Idea of Nature" Public Lecture Series