[TN-Bird] Urban Bird Studies News
- From: "Shane" <tshane@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:50:25 -0400
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From: Karen Purcell
Urban Bird Studies
June 2007
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Odyssey Magazine is looking for a few young PigeonWatchers
A writer from Odyssey a science magazine for kids would like to interview a
couple of young PigeonWatchers (ages 12-16) about their PigeonWatch
experiences.
She writes:
Hi. My name's Rebecca Mohan. I want to know a little more about PigeonWatch
and how youth can participate. Here are a few questions I hope you'll answer.
What made you interested in participating in PigeonWatch?
Can you tell me a little about the experience? How many birds did you count
and what color forms did you see? What site did you choose for your
observation?
Will you continue adding data to PigeonWatch?
How does it feel, knowing that you're providing data for real scientific
studies?
What would you tell a younger person thinking about joining PigeonWatch?
Thanks!!!!
Please send urbanbirds@xxxxxxxxxxx a quick email telling us you'd like to be
featured and we'll send your answers and contact information. Please respond no
later than Wednesday August 1st.
Help us promote PigeonWatch to thousands of young readers!
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Celebrate Urban Birds! 49 states and counting
Hundreds of events across 49 states, Puerto Rico, Canada, and many other
countries are focusing on urban birds and raising conservation awareness in
cities. Some "events" are small, such as a grandmother watching birds from her
apartment window in the Bronx. Other events involve entire communities. If you
haven't participated yet--it only takes 10 minutes, the kit is wonderful (and
free), and no birding skills are required. We give you all the tools needed.
Check out the online map to see what participants are already reporting.
Visit our showcase of events:
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/urbanbirds/celebration/showcase-of-events
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To encourage more data collection, we will randomly select five participants
who enter Celebrate Urban Birds data online by August 15th to receive exciting
prizes (bird seed, bird sound CD, bird identification poster, and more). Help
us cover the online map with your bird observations!!
Please visit the website: www.CelebrateUrbanBirds.org to register and get your
free kit.
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Regional Urban Bird Studies Representatives Needed
Once or twice a year, would you be willing to:
- send out a few press releases to your local newspapers, radios,
listservs, and other media?
- help spread the word about Urban Bird Studies projects in your
neighborhood?
- hang posters and flyers in your neighborhood?
- talk to local reporters if called? (optional)
If you are interested, please become one of our regional representatives. We
will send you all the needed materials (flyers, posters, press releases, etc.)
and you'll also receive a small gift of appreciation. Email
urbanbirds@xxxxxxxxxxx to let us know if you can help!
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A Powerfully Simple Idea
Read an article that features some of our inspiring international participants!
The online article highlights longtime PigeonWatch participants in Chile, as
well as a "Celebrate Urban Birds!" group in Nepal. The simplicity of Urban Bird
Studies' projects along with motivated and creative group leaders, has led to
exciting new international work in conservation, education, and science. To see
the article click here.
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Participants will be featured on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Citizen Science
Web site
Would you like to be featured on the citizen science web site? The Lab is
developing new citizen science web pages that will feature all of the Lab's
projects. If you'd like to help us promote PigeonWatch, Celebrate Urban
Birds!, or any of the Urban Bird Studies projects, simply send us a quote and a
photo of yourself. A few will be selected for the citizen science web site, and
others will be used on the Urban Bird Studies site.
Celebrating Youth
We are also putting together web pages that highlight young participants who
are excited about birds and nature, and who are open to the wonder and fun of
the outside world. Send us a paragraph and photo (if possible) of an
outstanding young scientist/naturalist (no age limit). We will select a few to
highlight as peer role models. If you've already sent us this information,
thank you! The pages will be up by early September.
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Your Questions Answered
We'd like to share with you some of the most common questions asked, just in
case you also wanted to know.
--Why do I have to register separately for Celebrate Urban Birds! if I've
already registered for Urban Bird Studies?
When people join Urban Bird Studies projects they are automatically given a Lab
ID number and entered into the Lab of Ornithology's database. When we receive
your registration we send out a simple welcome letter and you are then able to
participate in PigeonWatch, Crows Count, Dove Detectives, Birds in the City,
and Gulls Galore. Materials for each project are sent on request.
"Celebrate Urban Birds!" has a its own web site with a more flexible
registration procedure. For instance, you can indicate on the Celebrate Urban
Birds! registration that you'd like a free kit to be sent to you, or you could
let us know that you are an organization or a group leader that would like 50
kits to distribute to the public. We can serve you better by having two
separate registration procedures.
--Why should I submit my observations when I see NO birds?
It is just as important to know where birds are NOT seen as where they are. If
participants are letting us know when they DON'T see birds, then we can
interpret the data we receive correctly. It is good science!
--Are ALL Urban Bird Studies projects and Celebrate Urban Birds! ongoing
projects?
Yes. You can participate repeatedly, at any time, anywhere!
--I've already registered for the Urban Bird Studies, why do I need to
'register' again when entering PigeonWatch data online?
The information you entered when you registered is kept in a separate system
from the bird observations database, in order to keep the data safe. Once you
register to enter data online, you'll be able to enter data online for many
citizen science projects at the Lab.
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Please feel free to forward this message to anyone you think would be
interested. Anyone can sign up to receive updates by logging onto the Urban
Bird Studies web site at www.urbanbirds.org (click on News and then on the
"sign up for Urban Bird Studies updates" link). Questions? Please email us at
urbanbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Shane Adams
Hamblen County/Morristown, TN.
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