Here is all you need to participate in Celebrate Urban Birds! Please feel free to download, copy, and share with others!

Would you like us to mail you the kit? Please register (for free).   During this sign-up you will be asked whether you'd like us to send you a kit or whether you prefer to download the materials from the web site. 

You'll also have the opportunity to choose whether you want to receive the e-newsletter we send every 2 months.

If you have registered and received a kit before and would like another kit, you don't have to re-register.  Just send us a quick email to  urbanbirds@cornell.edu with the subject line
" I'm already in your data base but I'd like another kit because..." 

Here's what is in the kit:

, by Katie Yamasaki

The poster features city birds in a whimsical urban setting with lots of practical information on the back about ways to create a bird-friendly green space in your neighborhood, threats to birds in cities, and how to attract birds.

The Silhouette Poster with cool facts, by Susan Spear

 

Learn to identify birds by looking at their shapes, This poster includes information (cool facts) about the 16 species we are tracking.

 

The Celebrate Urban Birds! data form.

Peregrine Falcon by Katherine Smith

Please take this data form out with you when you watch birds. Please enter your data online if possible or send us the form by mail!

Canada participants please download Data Form here.

Send us your data -- even if you saw none of the target birds!

"Zero means a lot"

 

To understand how green spaces affect birds, we must know where birds are, as well as where they aren't.

Imagine if everyone participating in the Celebration sent in their data... People of all ages and birdwatching abilities working together ... this could be the largest urban bird monitoring effort ever!

 

 

The Celebrate Urban Birds! Welcome Letter

This welcome letter has a wonderful bird identification guide on the back. Take this beautiful guide with you when you go out to watch birds!

 

 

 

Zero Means a Lot sticker

To highlight how important it is for participants to submit observations even when NO BIRDS are seen, we've created wonderful, colorful stickers. Each sticker is different! It is essential that participants let us know where the birds are seen as well as where they are NOT seen. You can wear these beautiful stickers or share them with others. Stickers are included in your kit. If you are downloading materials and would like a sticker (or a sheet of stickers) simply let us know by emailing urbanbirds@cornell.edu.

We offer the  Celebrate Urban Bird kits for free so that everyone can participate. PLEASE MAKE A DONATION, if you can, so we can cover material printing and mailing costs.

Click here to make an online donation.

Or send a check to: Celebrate Urban Birds, Urban Bird Studies, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, NY 14850