Hi flock!

It's been a while since the start of the campaign, and I'm pretty late with announcing this.. But better late than never: All birdies have been unlocked! Every enamel pin design you see on the campaign page will be available to select in the survey. Thank you guys so much! 

I'm currently busy fulfilling my last campaign and preparing for a convention, so there will be no additional stretch goals this time around. Other cool North American birdies will get their chance to shine in a future campaign.

I'd like to make a donation to a charity again. Last year with Birds of Rotterdam we donated 5 of each pin design to Vogelklas Karel Schot, my local bird rescue. If you know of any North American wild bird rescues who could benefit from a pin donation, please let me know in the comments and I will look into them!

With 7 days left in Pintopia, you still have a chance of grabbing some cool pins from other campaigns!


Challenge Coin Critters went hard, unlocked all their main stretch goals, and added some new ones, including a bunch of new birds! 

Jurassic Peck is SO close to unlocking their crow design! If you like my birds then I'm sure you'll love their designs as well. 

Check out these cute critters having a party - you might even find some garbage birbs! 

The hyena lovers went feral for Henrieke's pins and she's working on a bunch of new pin designs now! 

Appel unlocked everything and made some new designs too - we're headed towards unlocking some cute axolotls!

I'm a big fan of the perfect mix of cute and tech in this campaign! 



That's it for now! I'll be back with another update towards the end of the campaign, including a more detailed production timeline. I hope you'll have a great day!

Doreen

Hi everybirdie!

I spent all day working on the project, and I'm happy to announce that all the pin artwork is done!
With a little less than a week until launch, I could really use your help with deciding on how to sort the stretch goals. So I've made a poll! I'll use the poll to see which designs are most popular, and organize the order of the stretch goals accordingly. Hopefully we get to unlock all of them again :)

I don't want to keep you in suspense any longer, so here is all the artwork! Scroll all the way down to vote in the poll :>


Have a good day! See you next week!

Doreen


(disregard any target amounts shown, these are just placeholders) 

Some more birds! We just have one more batch of birds left to sketch 👀 Then I'll go on with refining the designs and setting up the campaign page. 

This was a short little update but I wanted to share it nonetheless! Have a good day!

Doreen

Hi everybirdie!

Thank you for the response on my last update, I'm really happy to see the excitement for this project!
I have a few more sketches to show you, as well as a more-or-less definitive list of birds I still want to draw. First up: Some duckies and friends!



I was thinking of making the bufflehead duck with rainbow metal (shown in purple), since their faces look pretty iridescent in pictures. Let me know what you think!

Also, here is a list of the birds I'd still like to draw for this project. You guys have so many cool native species, it's hard to make choices! I wish I could draw them all at once. I'll probably pick up the leftover suggestions for a future project!

Cross-collab freebie: to be determined 
5+ pin freebie: Dramatic killdeer + nest collar pin (connected with a little chain!)

Small birds
- 2-3 warbler species, tbd

Birds of prey
- Bald eagle
- Red-tailed hawk 
- American kestrel
- Peregrine falcon

Owls
- Great horned owl
- Screech owl
- Snowy owl

Vultures
- Turkey vulture 
- Black vulture

'Ground birds'
- WIld turkey
- Prairie chicken
- California quail
- Roadrunner

Leggy birds/waders/water birds
- American white pelican
- Flamingo
- Roseate spoonbill
- Sandhill crane
- Green heron
- Great blue heron
- Great egret 
- Black crowned night heron
- Anhiga

Hope to update you guys soon with more sketches! Have a good weekend!

Doreen

Hi everybirdy!


I'm happy to announce that Birds of North America will be part of Pintopia 2026! From January 22nd to February 12th, BackerKit will once again be all about pins, plush, and ita-bags. I'm looking forward to creating a huge campaign again, celebrating birds found across all of North America.

Talk birdy to me
Since I'm located in Europe, I'm not very familiar with a lot of these birds. I'd love to get input from the locals about your favorite species! Let me know in the comments which birds I absolutely need to include in the campaign. And if you notice any mistakes in their designs, feel free to correct me. :)

Logistics
Shipping to the US has resumed, and I will be able to collect tariffs during the survey phase. Unless the tariff rates go all over the place again, I'm not expecting there to be delays related to the tariffs. Yay!

Freebies!
I'm teaming up with Studio Appeltjesgroen again, offering combined shipping and freebie pins to those who back both of our campaigns. Be sure to follow Frogtastic Frogs #2 as well!
We're open to suggestions for a fun cross-collab freebie. I'm also looking for a freebie for backers who pledge for 5 pins or more. I'd love to hear your ideas!

I hope you enjoyed this little teaser, and I hope to hear from you soon!


Doreen