Notes from MEES Conference 2014 - the Stories Birds Tell: From Bird Language to Migration

The Stories Birds Tell: From Bird Language to Migration

Alex Dunn, Education/Development, EcoTarium

AlexanderJosephDunn@gmail.com

http://TheDailyBirdNewEngland.blogspot.com/

http://www.ecotarium.org/

Birds are an accessible and familiar entryway to the natural world. This session will demonstrate how classroom teachers and educators can unlock the stories birds tell through literacy, technology and field observations. We will explore both schoolyard bird language and international conservation efforts offering curriculum ideas, print and digital resources.

INTRODUCTION

99% Invisible Podcast

Episode 40: Billy Possum

November 23, 2011

http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/episode-40-billy-possum/

Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind

by David Quammen

The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession Paperback

by Mark Obmascik

Boston Globe: Cambridge man sets bird-watching record

By Bryan Marquard

January 02, 2014

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/01/02/sighting-bird-species-neil-hayward-turns-north-america-biggest-big-year/z7VTGVfZ8rJ7dREb1VquUO/story.html

The Crossley ID Guide

by Richard Crossley

The Development of the Classic Wildlife Diorama

by Gary Hoyle

Journal of Natural Science Illustration

http://www.gnsi.org/journal-article/theatrical-illusion-ecological-theater

Beyond Ecophobia

by David Sobel

from YES Magazine

November 2, 1998

http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/education-for-life/803

BIRD LANGUAGE

Bird Language

What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World

by Jon Young

http://birdlanguage.com/

Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology 

All About Birds

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/search/ac

MIGRATION

Ebird

http://ebird.org/content/ebird/

Boreal Songbird Initiative

http://www.borealbirds.org/

Migratory Bird Center

Smithsonian National Zoological Park

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/scbi/migratorybirds/

Unlocking Migration's Secrets

Audubon Magazine

http://www.audubonmagazine.org/articles/birds/unlocking-migrations-secrets?

PHENOLOGY

National Phenology Network

https://www.usanpn.org/education

North American Bird Phenology Program - USGS

https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bpp/

CITIZEN SCIENCE

Monarch Watch

a nonprofit educational outreach program based at the University of Kansas

http://www.monarchwatch.org/

Project Budburst

Monitor the first flowering of plants

http://www.budburst.org/

Project Feederwatch – report bird sightings at feeders throughout the winter and spring

http://feederwatch.org/

FrogWatch USA

American Zoo Association

Listen for the calls of frogs and toads during their breeding season

http://www.aza.org/frogwatch/

Firefly Watch

Museum of Science, Boston

https://legacy.mos.org/fireflywatch/about_firefly_watch

AUDIO

Bird News

with hosts Mindy Todd and Vernon Laux.

The first Saturday of each month from 10am to 11am.

http://capeandislands.org/programs/bird-news

Digital Sound Resources

www.birdjam.com

www.larkwire.com

Inquiry

WICN Radio

http://www.wicn.org/podcasts/audio/richard-crossley-pledge-fledge

CONSERVATION

Silence of the Songbirds

by Bridget Stutchbury

Blog story comparing types of coffee labels http://blog.allaboutbirds.org/2012/10/09/making-sense-of-coffee-labels-shade-grown-organic-fair-trade-bird-friendl/

Living Bird News story on bird-friendly coffee habitat http://www.allaboutbirds.org/Page.aspx?pid=2595

Dr. Amanda Rodewald's 8-minute lecture on her research on coffee, birds, and the environment http://blog.allaboutbirds.org/2014/02/20/learn-the-basics-of-bird-friendly-and-shade-grown-coffee-video/?utm_source=Cornell+Lab+Staff+eNews&utm_campaign=7f45b28127-TheCLUE_Feb_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1c649f110c-7f45b28127-302926509

State of the Birds of Massachusetts

Mass Audubon

http://www.massaudubon.org/our-conservation-work/wildlife-research-conservation/statewide-bird-monitoring/state-of-the-birds/

GENERAL

Bird Education Network 

http://www.birdeducation.org/resources.htm

Environment for the Americas and International Migratory Bird Day

http://birdday.org/component/resources/

Flying Wild

http://www.flyingwild.org/

Celebrate Urban Birds 

School yard bird watch, citizen science, mini-grants

http://celebrateurbanbirds.org/