Resources for 2011 minigrant events
Materials to support your 2011 Celebrate Urban Birds event
We can provide resources for your 2011 Celebrate Urban Birds event:
If you applied for a minigrant, request materials at this link
If you have been awarded a mini grant, request materials at this link
Materials include:
- Celebrate Urban Birds kits (bilingual available)
- Powerpoint to help educators teach the focal species (on CD)
- Little Green Places posters (while supplies last)
- Certificates of Appreciation (for adults and youth)
- Teleconference with us ( on Skype or similar program)
- Kaytee Bird-feeders
- Easy data entry postcards (to improve bird identification skills)
- Easy data entry forms (with photos of focal species)
Download copies of the following documents by clicking on these links:
Publicity
Photo releases (so we can highlight your event on the website):
Model release form to have participants sign if they are in your photos (English)
Spanish model release form to have participants sign if they are in your photos (Spanish)
News release:
Sample news release for Mini-Grant winners to send to your local newspapers and radio stations
Sample news release for all mini-grant applicants to send to your local newspapers and radio stations.
Logo
Celebrate Urban Birds logo, to be added to your promotional material
Logo guidelines so the logo will be presented correctly in your promotional material
Photos:
Photos for
use in your publicity
Data Collection:
Data sheets:
Observe! Advice on how to work the 10-minute bird observation into event
English language data sheet needed to record observations while collecting Celebrate Urban Birds data.
Spanish language data sheet needed to record observations while collecting Celebrate Urban Birds data.
Easy data entry sheet with photos of focal species (please transfer data to scannable data entry sheets provided in your kit or above)
Bird Identification:
PowerPoint to identify the 16 Celebrate Urban Birds focal species.
Certificates of Appreciation:
Adult certificate of appreciation
Youth certificate of appreciation



