The Winning T-Shirt Design
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The results are in! Over 50% of respondents (n=106) chose a green t-shirt for IMBD 2010. Over 60% selected the design that features a row of birds on both the front and back of the shirt as either their favorite or second favorite format.
We're not done yet! Your response to the t-shirt survey was quick and decisive. Now we need your help designing the annual International Migratory Bird Poster and selecting the birds for the shirt. The three poster drafts are available for viewing. Your vote takes less than 1 minute!
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Cuba Celebrates IMBD
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 Educators in Havana, Cuba hosted 5 IMBD events this fall, reaching diverse audiences. At a school for the blind, youth and their teachers learned about birds through bird songs. Senior citizens sang and shared stories during a program focusing on birds in Cuban culture. Other programs reached biology students at Havana University during a banding demonstration, and elementary and high school students participated in classroom and field programs.
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Visit the IMBD Events Photo Albums
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 You don't have to wait for this monthly newsletter to keep up with Environment for the Americas. Become a Facebook fan and learn about what's going on in the world of bird conservation education. We also have photo albums featuring some of the highlights of IMBD 2009 and a sneak preview of the 2010 art.
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Connecting People With Nature
Bird Course Heads to Utah
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Join us June 22-25, 2010 at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in Brigham City, Utah for the Connecting People with Nature bird education course. We'll be moving from our usual course site in West Virginia and hope some of our partners out west will be able to take part.
The purpose of the course is to help biologists, educators, and volunteers gain confidence and skills in connecting people with birds through a variety of bird focused program, including bird walks, public bird banding demonstrations, citizen science, and inquiry. We'll talk about planning and leading these programs and share many activities. We'll also talk about how to engage local schools and the Latin American community in your area.
PLEASE NOTE: This is not a bird i.d. course. We will focus on about one dozen species to teach the basics of bird watching.
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We're preparing for the IMBD 2010 theme, The Power of Partnerships in bird conservation, and we need your stories! We want to hear about the partnerships that have made your bird conservation efforts successful. If you have been involved in Partners in Flight (PIF), we also want your tales of the last 20 years of this amazing group. Join the Blog or send your information to Susan Bonfield at sbonfield@aol.com.
