Celebrate Urban Birds Workshop
Workshop blended the arts, gardening, and birds!
Educators, youth leaders, environmental educators, 4H leaders, outreach coordinators, docents, afterschool teachers, and more participated in a free workshop at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology on Friday March 14th.
Participants were treated to the following:
- Bird Tour Sapsucker Woods Sanctuary. Learn tips on leading simple bird/nature walks, Charles Eldermire , CLO
- Welcome to the Lab of Ornithology and Introduction to Celebrate Urban Birds, Karen Purcell and Christianne White, CLO
- Celebrate Urban Birds Why celebrate? Impacts on science, education, community building, and health, Caren Cooper, CLO
- Learn about the sixteen species: Identification, interesting facts, and view birds and nests from our collections, CLO staff
- Explore Bird Sounds, Colleen McLinn, Macaulay Library
- Rochester Roots: a model urban agriculture program Learn about the project and products made from garden-based materials, Jan McDonald, Rochester Roots, Inc
- Childrens books, birds, and conservation, Anne James Rosenberg, CLO
- Integrating the Arts: Exploring Textiles to deepen observation, Elsie Dentes, Artist
- Building Community, Flisa Stevenson, CLO
- Working with groups: How to collect data that is useful to scientists, Karen Purcell and Christianne White, CLO
