Thanks to everyone who entered our second photo/video/art contest, which ended on October 31, 2008.  Look over the entries, either 10 at a time, or the first 50 all together.  Next update will announce results of judging.  Keep up the great work observing and documenting the birds around you! 

View 10 entries at a time
(click on each thumbnail)

1-10	11-20	21-30	31-40
41-50	51-60	61-70	71-80
81-90

View entries 1-50

Are you the leader of a group, teacher, or mentor to someone learning about birds.  Look at the contest entries together and discuss what birds need in their habitat, including food, shelter, and water.

 
An ivy-covered wall, flowers next to the stoop, a window box, a container garden on a rooftop or balcony, your school garden, or potted plants by a library gateway. Have you noticed a spot that birds like because it provides shelter, food, or water? 

First fifty entries received a copy of our poster, 'Little Green Places for Birds" . You can order a copy of our new poster.

  

Other prizes include:

•  $100 gift certificate from Johnny's Selected Seeds.  
  
• subscriptions to Mother Earth News, where you can learn about organic gardening, nature and community, sustainable building practices, urban gardening. 
  
• Bird and Butterfly Attractor Station from Ion Exchange Native Seed and Plant Nursery, where you can order native prairie grasses, wildflower mixes,   and  more.  Value of prize: $97.95, includes birdfeeder, butterflies booklet, 84 live plants that attract birds and butterflies.
• signed copies of Henry Cole's picture book, "On Meadowview Street", about how changes in one back yard helped birds and the whole neighborhood, eventually.
  

Marian Mendez was the winner of our first photo contest,  Beautiful Birds in Urban Places.  Browse the collections of her photographs to inspire your kids/participants to talk about about bird Silhouettes, Flight and Feathers, Attitude, Posture, and Behavior.

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