Celebrate Urban Birds!
The 2007 Celebration took place May 10-13
Urban Park Rangers led bird walks around Harlem Meer and collected citizen science data for the Celebration.
Celebrate Urban Birds, led by Cornell's Lab of Ornithology, is an annual opportunity for everyone across the country to participate in activities focused on birds and neighborhood habitat improvement. People everywhere learn about city birds, conduct bird counts for science, and engage in urban greening efforts. The 2007 Celebration theme centered on urban greening for birds (through container plantings, community gardens, community beautification projects, green rooftops). Check out the Celebrate Urban Birds website to learn more.
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Celebrate Urban Birds - NYC!
CUCE-NYC and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology partnered with local non-profit, environmental, educational, and community-based organizations to provide people of all ages and backgrounds, and from all boroughs of NYC, with opportunities to "Celebrate Urban Birds!" Partners included Queens Botanical Garden, New York Restoration Project, Crotona Park Nature Center, TRUCE (Harlem Children's Zone), the Voelker Orth Museum, and many more! To see what happened around NYC, please click here.
Parade of Cardbirds in Central Park, led by artist James Grashow.
Click here (pdf) to view the "Celebrate Urban Birds!" Bird Guide, an overview of 15 featured bird species for this event.
Celebrate Urban Birds at Central Park on May 12!
Our main celebratory event took place in Central Park on Saturday, May 12th from 12pm until 4pm in collaboration with Central Park Conservancy. Hundreds came to the Harlem Meer and Dana Discovery Center to participate in event activities that included:
- The Science Behind the Celebration, by Cornell Lab of Ornithology and CUCE-NYC
- Adaptation Fashion, by Central Park Conservancy
- Bird Walk and Data Collection, by Urban Park Rangers
- Live Raptors, by Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary Audubon Center
- Habitat Workshop, by Solar One
- Birds of Central Park book signing, by Cal Vornberger
- 3-D Cardbird Creation, led by artist James Grashow
- Mural Creation with TRUCE, led by artist Youme Landowne and her New School students
- "Field Guide" Dance Performance by Kristin McArdle and Dancers.
For more information, please contact Urban Environment Staff.