{"id":3438,"date":"2019-01-09T17:30:14","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T22:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/?p=3438"},"modified":"2022-01-25T17:13:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T22:13:09","slug":"urban-youth-get-up-close-with-birds-and-science-at-the-cornell-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/urban-youth-get-up-close-with-birds-and-science-at-the-cornell-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Youth Get Up Close With Birds, Science, and Nature at the Cornell Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Discover Celebrate Urban Birds\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zrbh2q-6K_E?feature=oembed&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;showinfo=0&#038;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-birdpress-transcript accordion\" data-accordion=\"true\" data-allow-all-closed=\"true\"><div class=\"accordion-item\" data-accordion-item=\"true\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title\">Show Transcript<\/a><div class=\"accordion-content\" data-tab-content=\"true\">\n<p>KAREN PURCELL, CELEBRATE URBAN BIRDS PROJECT LEADER: Celebrate Urban Birds is a citizen science project and, in a way, we have two separate strong goals. One of them is to collect data on sixteen species of birds, especially in urban locations. And the other is to engage new audiences in birding, conservation, and citizen sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PURCELL: Let\u2019s call them specimens, all right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PURCELL: We work in urban locations in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. And we work, particularly with low-income urban communities. The majority of people that we work with don\u2019t connect with birds, they haven\u2019t been birding, they haven\u2019t had opportunities. So what we do is teach people about the birds that are living outside their door. And there are lots of birds in cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[MATT MEDLER, BIRD WALK LEADER: This group will have four students and two chaperones.] PURCELL: When the kids come to the Lab of Ornithology for a two-day workshop, we give them all kinds of different activities in which to participate. [CHARLES DARDIA, MUSEUM CURATOR: The big pectoral muscle that they use to flap attaches to that bone.] PURCELL: The idea here is to have them see different careers, different opportunities in conservation science and also to learn a little bit about what it\u2019s like to be a part of higher education. For these kids, the opportunity to come here and the opportunity to get up close with birds and people who are in the field, to be able to record sound themselves, touch the equipment and hear the sounds [BIRD SOUNDS], to be able to hold a bird in the hand and let it go, is an incredible opportunity for them. An opportunity that they\u2019ve never had anything close to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[MATT YOUNG, BIRD WALK LEADER: Thousands of red-winged blackbirds and they\u2019re almost all males.] PURCELL: I think it\u2019s essential to include diverse communities in the work that we do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>YOUNG: Those are tree swallows. Perched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PURCELL: We can\u2019t get good data on birds if we\u2019re not involved in communities from all kinds of different backgrounds and geographic areas. When we ask questions as scientists, we\u2019re asking questions based on our own beliefs and our own understanding of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PUCELL: If we don\u2019t have diversity in the sciences, then all the questions that we\u2019re asking come from one viewpoint or from one understanding of the world. And that\u2019s not good science. [DR. DAVID BONTER: So apparently there are three birds in nets over here.] PURCELL: These kids are top-notch. They\u2019re thinking in interesting, creative ways. And then they go back to their communities and they feel like they want to share what they\u2019ve learned here. [BONTER: So they\u2019re starting to build their mud nests.] PURCELL: Many of them take on stewardship projects, greening projects, cleanup projects, or simply projects in which they teach others about birds. But the biggest thing that we talk to them about is to think about themselves and about their futures and what they can do to have science be a part of their lives. [BONTER: Their metabolism is very fast, they have to eat a lot of food.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PURCELL: It opens up a whole other world that they\u2019ve never known or dreamed about because they\u2019ve never been a part of it. It\u2019s life-changing for them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"end-transcript\">End of Transcript<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group sidebar-alignright has-lightgray-background-color has-background order-third is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MORE ABOUT THIS TOPIC<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"article-list list-style card-four \"><ul><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media content-article\" data-link-to=\"https:\/\/celebrateurbanbirds.org\/\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CUBs-Bonter-1280x960.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CUBs-Bonter-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CUBs-Bonter-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CUBs-Bonter-1280x960.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CUBs-Bonter-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CUBs-Bonter.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" alt=\"David Bonter teached CUBs participants. Photo by Marilu Fretts, https:\/\/celebrateurbanbirds.org\/resources\/birds-careers-conservation-workshop-faq\/\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><span class=\"attribution top\"><\/span><a class=\"article-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/celebrateurbanbirds.org\/\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Celebrate Urban Birds Website<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media content-article\" data-link-to=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/E4TMQW4bbdI\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CUBs-crayons.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CUBs-crayons-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CUBs-crayons-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CUBs-crayons-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CUBs-crayons.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"CUBs students draw with crayons. Photo from CUBs website: https:\/\/celebrateurbanbirds.org\/resources\/\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><span class=\"attribution top\"><\/span><a class=\"article-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/E4TMQW4bbdI\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Connecting Kids With Art and Nature <\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media content-article\" data-link-to=\"https:\/\/celebrateurbanbirds.org\/resources\/resources-for-latin-america-el-caribe\/free-downloads-educational-kits-field-guides-manuals-books\/\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CUBskit.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CUBskit.jpg 647w, https:\/\/www.birds.cornell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CUBskit-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"CUBs kit. Photo from CUBs website: https:\/\/celebrateurbanbirds.org\/resources\/resources-for-latin-america-el-caribe\/free-downloads-educational-kits-field-guides-manuals-books\/\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><span class=\"attribution top\"><\/span><a class=\"article-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/celebrateurbanbirds.org\/resources\/resources-for-latin-america-el-caribe\/free-downloads-educational-kits-field-guides-manuals-books\/\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Free Educational Kits in English and Spanish<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch this video to join urban youth on a visit to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology as they get up close with birds and scientists in the field, learn to record sounds, and explore careers in science and conservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lab\u2019s Celebrate Urban Birds project engages urban and underserved communities, connecting more than 500,000 people with birds and nature through fun activities and hands-on science. Our workshops encourage youth to think about themselves and their futures, and to use their creativity and curiosity to ask questions and include science as a part of their lives. After going back to communities, many of these students want to share what they\u2019ve learned through stewardship, greening, cleanup, and teaching others about birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also work across the hemisphere, partnering with organizations in Latin America to bring bird watching and conservation to their communities. For example, we helped create 10,000 kits in Spanish for distribution to communities in Mexico, and gave workshops for educators and community leaders about how to use the kits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your support helps us reach more underserved, urban, and international youth and their communities, opening up a world of exploration and appreciation for birds and the environment we all share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-red-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/give.birds.cornell.edu\/page\/87895\/donate\/1?ea.tracking.id=WXXXXX01C\">Donate to Help<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-sky-blue-neutral-background-color has-background negative-margin-bottom order-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" id=\"more-impact-stories\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading 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