A Murder of Crows and other Spooky Bird Tales
(A murder is the name for a large group of crows)
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Birds can be downright spooky sometimes. A European Starling flies at your head, thousands of crows roost in a downtown park, a pigeon takes over your balcony. With Halloween just a few weeks away, we want to see and hear spooky things about birds! We'll try to explain what's really going on with their puzzling behavior.
Go outside and take a photo, do a painting, write a story or a poem, or even shoot a video showing crows, pigeons, starlings, an owl, or any kind of bird doing something strange.
Great Prizes:
- EagleOptics Vortex binoculars, waterproof and fog-proof body, 10x 32, multi-coated optics, bright optics, small handy size, easy to carry
- ALPEN binoculars, 8x30, wide angle, long eye relief, with super close IPD (inter pupillary Distance, which means eye pieces can be adjusted close together so kids can use them)
- CD's, books, posters, plush bird dolls with bird calls inside, and more.
- Birding for Everyone book by John C Robinson...Encouraging people of color to become birdwatchers
- The first fifty entrants will get a poster illustrated by Pedro Fernandes. This wonderful poster illustrates and describes behaviors of crows, jays, and other birds. We'll also post selected entries on the Encyclopedia of Life and Celebrate Urban Birds websites.
View story entries by clicking here
View photo entries by clicking here
Read explanations of strange bird behavior here
Some outstanding entries will be included in the Encyclopedia of Life:
www.eol.org
Selected entries will be posted on the Celebrate Urban Birds website. By entering, you agree that you are granting the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Encyclopedia of Life a royalty-free, perpetual license to use the images or video for any purpose, including but not limited to publications, websites, and commercial products benefiting education, outreach, and research programs.
