Thanks to our BEN Bulletin
sponsor:
The Bird Education Network (BEN) was
created following the February 2007 National Gathering, hosted
by the Council for Environmental Education (CEE). BEN is a CEE
initiative that seeks to connect and support a community of
bird education professionals.
Over 3,000 individuals representing
300 organizations receive communications and engage in
professional dialogue through the BEN-run Bird Education
Listserv.
A BEN Committee has been established to
provide advice and guidance for this important initiative, to
advance "bird conservation through
education." |
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 Hog Island Redux
2010
The historic
"Audubon Camp in Maine" will, once again, host its famed
ornithology sessions in 2010.
Since
1936, Roger Tory Peterson, Rachel Carson, and other
legends have passed on their knowledge and passion
for wildlife conservation at this National Audubon
Society retreat. In fact, many of today's leading
conservationists and bird enthusiasts have come through
camp's roster. After its 2009 hiatus, the
camp is returning to this grand tradition by recruiting
the likes of Kenn Kaufman, Scott Weidensaul, Pete Dunne,
Lang Elliot, and others to join Steve Kress, National
Audubon's VP of Bird Conservation, in delivering a
memorable experience to the attendees.
The
multi-day programs are based at the 330 acre Hog Island
wildlife sanctuary in beautiful midcoast Maine. Northern
Parula and Blackburnian Warblers are among the breeders
in this spruce-fir boreal forest habitat. The Atlantic
Puffins on nearby Eastern Egg Rock are descendants of
the "world's first restored seabird colony" pioneered by
Project Puffin in 1973.
For more information or
to register for a Hog Island program, visit http://projectpuffin.org/OrnithCamps.html.
Photo by
the National Audubon Society --The "Queen Mary" lodge on
the north end of Hog
Island |
 The Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Winter Bird
Survival Challenge
How do birds
withstand wicked winter weather and other daily threats
to survival, even in warmer climates? The Cornell
Lab of Ornithology's Celebrate Urban
Birds
project invites you to show them how birds are
surviving in your neighborhood this winter. It can be a
photo, artwork, video, even a story or a poem describing
how birds are finding the food, water, and shelter they
need. You can take part no matter what your age or skill
level. Groups such as schools, libraries, clubs, and
businesses are also more than welcome.
Your entry
for this challenge could show a crow huddling near
a chimney to get warm, birds visiting feeders or raiding
a berry bush for food, birds dabbling in a fountain for
water, or maybe even one of the lucky birds soaking up
the sun in a warm, southern state.
Prizes include
a pair of Eagle Optics binoculars, bird feeders, a
birdsong calendar, books, posters, cards and more. The
first 50 people who enter will receive a copy of the
"Little Green Places" poster and selected images and
videos will be posted on the Celebrate Urban Birds
website.
For more information
visit the Celebrate Urban
Birds website to see
entries for past challenges and to read the terms of
agreement for all entries.
Photo
by Jim
Williams | | |
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