OSA BIRDS RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION INC
EIN 45-5632959 · Bird Sanctuaries (D32)
What they do
OUR WORK FOCUSES ON AVIAN MONITORING and APPLIED RESEARCH of RESIDENT and NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRDS THROUGH SOUND SCIENCE and A STRONG EMPHASIS ON GLOBALLY THREATENED SPECIES or SPECIES of CONSERVATION CONCERN. OUR INITIAL SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES ARE to WORK TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING THE FACTORS THAT LIMIT THREATENED POPULATIONS AS WELL AS DEVELOPING A BASELINE of INFORMATION ON SPECIES ECOLOGY, DISTRIBUTION and HABITAT REQUIREMENTS. OUR APPROACH to CONSERVATION is GEARED TOWARDS COLLABORATIONS AMONG DECISION MAKERS, MANAGERS, SCIENTISTS and EDUCATORS to ENSURE DISSEMINATION of INFORMATION, MITIGATION of SPECIES DECLINES THROUGH STRONG MANAGEMENT and CONSERVATION STRATEGIES. OUR WORK is VARIED and INCLUDES A STRONG EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMATIC COMPONENT THAT CONSISTS of BIRD PROJECTS IN LOCAL SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY EVENTS and OUTREACH PROJECTS AS WELL AS SHORT ECOLOGY COURSES and RESEARCH BIRDING TOURS. IF WE ARE NOT OUT WALKING LINE TRANSECTS for PENINSULA-WIDE BIRD MONITORING, THEN YOU MIGHT FIN
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KAREN LEAVELLEPRINCIPAL OFFICER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2015
- Location
- 10420 MESA MADERA DR, SAN DIEGO, CA 92131-1365
- County
- San Diego
- In care of
- KAREN LEAVELLE
- Primary officer
- Karen Marie Leavelle
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- BLISS & COMPANY LTD
- NTEE classification
- Bird Sanctuaries (D32)
- IRS tax category
- Bird Sanctuaries