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Reaching out to Families
Getting families outdoors and connected with their nature is key to global conservation. We'd like to help you reach families in a meaningful way.
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We can provide Celebrate Urban Birds kits for you to distribute to families.
This wonderful kit includes Identification posters, lots of information on creating habitat for wildlife locally, native sunflower seeds, and simple data sheets for even the most beginning birders to collect data that will help scientists learn more about the value of green spaces.
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We can provide ideas for you to hold a Celebrate Urban Birds event of any size in your community.
- Get specific ideas on how to integrate the arts into your event.
- Promote understanding of urban greening:
- Teach others about urban greening
- Teach others about attracting birds
- Teach others about threats to birds
- Teach others about watching birds with a purpose
- Help introduce children to the outdoors and explore science/nature based careers.
- Explore activities for children
- Explore the science behind the Celebration
- Explore careers in science/nature. See videos of ornithologists and other staff at The Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
- Explore Sound
- Learn how to conduct games and lessons that focus on bird sounds.
- Adaptations for hearing or visually impaired individuals.
- Learn about the Urban
Bird Sounds Project. This project led by students from
Codman Academy Charter Public School (Boston, MA) is a model example of
how to integrate technology with nature. It inspires youth and adults alike.
Youth researched urban birds and created podcasts focused on the songs and calls
of city birds. Podcasts and CDs by youth are available for free.
- Find a wealth of resources to use with your participants
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More to come!