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Celebrate Urban Birds in NYC!

Cornell Cooperative Extension in NYC along with many local non-profit organizations are providing New York City residents opportunities for celebrating urban birds!

Celebrate Urban Birds - NYC!
http://nyc.cce.cornell.edu/environment/cub/

Cornell Cooperative Extension in New York City and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology have partnered with local non-profit, environmental, educational, and community-based organizations to provide people of all ages and backgrounds, and from all boroughs of NYC, with opportunities to "Celebrate Urban Birds!" Partners include Central Park Conservancy, Queens Botanical Garden, NYC Audubon, New York Restoration Project, Crotona Park Nature Center, and TRUCE (Harlem Children's Zone).

Rock Pigeon by Katherine Smith

Celebratory events took place May 10 - 13 throughout the City at nature centers, schools and after-school programs, science centers, zoos, community centers, parks, rooftops, and more. Each event was unique. If you are interested in conducting a bird-related event, or learning about the Celebration Kit, please contact urbanbirds@cornell.edu or register online. The Celebration Kit (English and Spanish available) includes a colorful urban birds poster, educational materials about birds and urban greening, a data form, and a packet of sunflower seeds to plant in pots and gardens.

Events in NYC

Celebrate Urban Birds at Central Park on May 12!

Dana Discovery Center

Download a pdf of all "Celebrate Urban Birds!" NYC events

Our main celebratory event took place in Central Park on Saturday, May 12th from 12pm until 4pm in collaboration with Central Park Conservancy.

Hundreds of people visited the Harlem Meer and Dana Discovery Center to participate in event activities that included a live raptor demonstration by the NY Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary & Audubon Center, mural creation with Youme Landowne and New School students, bird walks, public arts project with artist Jimmy Grashow, native bird habitat workshops by Solar One, dance performance with Kristin McArdle and dancers, Birds of Central Park book signing by Cal Vornberger, and learning about citizen science and urban greening with Cornell Cooperative Extension in New York City and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology!