Help Us Select the Winners!

Celebrate Urban Birds received more than 650 applications for mini-grants to fund projects that teach others about birds, build community, create green spaces, collect citizen science data, and help reconnect people with nature. You'll be amazed at the diversity of proposed events! Organizations include community choirs, groups working with Alzheimer's patients, youth groups, community centers, churches, arts collectives, and more. Take our poll to help select mini-grant winners. Learn more! Winners will be announced on March 15th.

Help support more "Celebrate Urban Birds" projects. Please consider making a donation.

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Katie Yamasaki
Do you like the Celebrate Urban Birds poster? It was painted by Katie Yamasaki ?- muralist, artist, and public school teacher. If you'd like to see more of her inspiring work, please visit her show, Pintando Postales: A Visual Dialogue Between the Children of New York City and Santiago de Cuba.

April 1- May 15, 2009
Art Gallery Brooklyn College Library, 2900 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn NY

Pintando Postales is a collection of paintings that reflects a written and illustrated postcard exchange between Katie?s NYC public school students and their peers in Santiago de Cuba.
Learn more: http://www.katieyamasaki.com/

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Art in Birds/Birds in Art contest
Winners of our contest will be announced on March 31, 2009. This challenge encouraged people to go outside and look for art in birds: a broken down nest in winter, a song recording, video of a bird perching on a window, something that made you pause, look twice, laugh, cry. We received photos, videos, paintings, stories, quilts, and more. See some of the great entries: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/celebration/challenge/birds-in-art-art-in-birds-entries . Check back periodically as we upload more entries.

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Field Marks

 "Determination can be as transparent as the lens of a binocular-but if you look into the wrong end, you'll see something distorted - something distant.The feature-length documentary Field Marks goes beyond the stereotypes, behind the binoculars and gazes into the squinted eyes of the birdwatcher".

The Field Marks trailer is now viewable  http://fieldmarksfilm.com/trailer.php. It is still a work-in-progress and will change as they collect more footage and refine the story line.

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Shipping Fees
Unfortunately we can no longer offer Celebrate Urban Bird kits with free shipping. We now ask for a small donation to help us pay for shipping fees.
Help us get everyone involved! Donate today!

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Join Celebrate Urban Birds on Facebook
Join our Facebook group so you can easily share photos, events, and ideas. Help us make it a great success!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5487246308

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We need your help to keep going!
Please donate! Over 80 percent of the organizations we work with are reaching under-represented audiences and people who are new to birds. For every kit we give to someone who has not had the opportunity to connect with nature, we get a bit closer to creating a world that cares about conserving and interacting with nature. It's good for kids, it's good for families, it's good for seniors, it's good for birds! We promote healthier neighborhoods, habitat improvement for birds, getting kids outdoors, and connecting everyone with nature.

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/celebration/donate

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