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Binoculars for Slingshots

Help Us Raise $10k To Save Rare Parrots With This Cool Binoculars-for-Slingshots Trade-In Program in Southwestern Nicaragua.

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Binoculars for Slingshots

Binoculars for Slingshots

Binoculars for Slingshots

Binoculars for Slingshots

Binoculars for Slingshots

Help Us Raise $10k To Save Rare Parrots With This Cool Binoculars-for-Slingshots Trade-In Program in Southwestern Nicaragua.

Help Us Raise $10k To Save Rare Parrots With This Cool Binoculars-for-Slingshots Trade-In Program in Southwestern Nicaragua.

Help Us Raise $10k To Save Rare Parrots With This Cool Binoculars-for-Slingshots Trade-In Program in Southwestern Nicaragua.

Help Us Raise $10k To Save Rare Parrots With This Cool Binoculars-for-Slingshots Trade-In Program in Southwestern Nicaragua.

Paso Pacifico
Paso Pacifico
Paso Pacifico
Paso Pacifico
1 Campaign |
Paso Del Istmo, Nicaragua
$8,556 USD 104 backers
81% of $10,500 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

Help put binoculars in the hands of kids in southwestern Nicaragua through Paso Pacifico's Binoculars for Slingshots program.

Why binoculars in exchange for slingshots you ask?

You see, one of the many amazing things about Nicaragua is its abundant biodiversity. The diversity of bird species is particularly rich in a small region called the Paso del Istmo in southwestern Nicaragua. The personality-rich yellow-naped Amazon parrot and the colorful painted bunting are two iconic species in the region. However these birds, and many other avian species are threatened daily by slingshots. Yes, slingshots! Unfortunately, it is common for local youth in rural areas to shoot birds with slingshots for sport.

In order to try and deter this destructive pastime, we launched a pilot program in late 2011 called Binoculars for Slingshots in which we exchanged over 200 slingshots for shiny new binoculars as part of a larger environmental education program.

Paso Pacifico wants to educate the next generation of eco-stewards and put more binoculars in the hands of more kids, but we need your help.

We have partnered with a fantastic group called Optics for the Tropics who is giving us a substantial discount on the price of the binoculars, but taking this equipment through customs and into Nicaragua is pricey. The total cost of one pair of quality binoculars that can withstand the somewhat harsh tropical conditions costs $100.

Any amount you can give will contribute greatly toward our goal of purchasing 100 binoculars for the kids. 

Please partner with us to get binoculars in the hands of these kids and join us as we foster in a new generation of bird lovers!

Paso Pacifico is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 2005. Our mission is to restore and conserve the natural ecosystems of Central America’s Pacific slope by collaborating with landowners, local communities and involved organizations to promote ecosystem conservation.

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We'd like to thank Optics for the Tropics for providing matching funds to enable us to buy these binoculars. Other partners and donors to our bird education and bird monitoring program include Loro Parque Fundacion, Sea World Busch Gardens, and USFS-International Institute for Tropical Forestry.

Please help us leverage these great contributions by backing this project today! 

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FEELING TWITCHY

$15 USD
You'll receive: -A hand-written thank you note from Paso Pacifico Executive Director, Sarah Otterstrom. -A lovely Paso Pacifico sticker -A shout-out on Twitter.
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April 2014
5 claimed

A FEATHERED NEST

$25 USD
You'll receive all of the amazing items above and... - A beautiful,hand-painted Nicaraguan balsa wood bird.
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April 2014
20 claimed

BIRDS OF A FEATHER

$50 USD
You will receive all of the incredible items above and... - A thank-you note handwritten by a child in Nicaragua receiving the binoculars - A Guide to the Birds and Fauna of the Tisey Reserve in Nicaragua. - Bird seed in a handsome Paso Pacifico pouch. - A Yellow-Naped Amazon Parrot Junior Ranger patch.
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April 2014
11 claimed

A BIRD IN THE HAND

$100 USD
You will receive ÅLL of the above and... -A Birder's Rite-in-Rain journal. -The beautiful, hardcover book: "50 Places to Go Birding Before you Die".
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April 2014
12 claimed

BIRDER, EXTRAORDINAIRE

$250 USD
ALL of the above, plus... -A deluxe, ceder songbird feeder. -The super-fun, bird trivia board game called “What Bird Am I?”
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April 2014
2 claimed

BIRD LOVER

$500 USD
You will receive ALL of the above and the Total Birder's Package: - Audubon Birds Pro Smartphone App - A one year subscription to Bird Watchers Digest. - A secret, surprise gift!
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SOAR LIKE AN EAGLE

$1,000 USD
All of the above plus... - The incredible Jerry Downs poster "Birds of a Feather" signed by Jerry Downs himself! -A limited-edition hardcover Nicaragua photography book by Jerry Bauer. -The book, “Their Fate Is Our Fate: How Birds Foretell Threats to the Health of Our World” signed by its Nobel Prize winning author Peter Doherty.
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April 2014
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A BIRD'S EYE VIEW

$2,500 USD
All of the above and - A four-day guided tour (airfare not included) in Paso Del Istmo of southwestern Nicaragua, including special events and behind the scenes visits.
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IT'S A BIRD!

$5,000 USD
ALL OF THE ABOVE plus, great lifetime Karma!
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April 2014
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