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 Request Celebrate Urban Birds kits for free: two posters to help you identify birds, data sheet and return envelope, packet of wild sunflower seeds to plant, and instructions. Bird observations are easy and no prior knowledge of birds is required!

What's New on the Celebrate Urban Birds website?

Explore Careers : There are many careers in conservation, science, and nature. Most people don't decide what path they are going to take in their lives ahead of time...but instead stumble into their careers through many different ways. Read short paragraphs written by staff and students here at Cornell that will inspire you in moving ahead -- even if your path is bumpy!

Green spaces benefit children with attention problems. Read an article in the New York Times about the benefits of nature for children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/a-dose-of-nature-for-attention-problems/ . "Doses" of time spent in green places can reduce symptoms. Learn more at the Landscape and Human Health Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: http://www.lhhl.uiuc.edu/adhd.htm. 

Changing the face of conservation
“I’ve never met a black bird watcher before!” 

Biologist, author, and birder John C. Robinson says he’s heard that a lot over the years. It got him wondering why there were so few minorities involved with birding. It’s a topic he explores in his new book Birding for Everyone, Encouraging People of Color to Become Birdwatchers. Watch our video to learn more about how Robinson got hooked on science and bird watching. View video here. 

Thanks for entering our "Little Green Places for Birds" photo/video/art contest. Winners will be announced soon. View some contest entries and get inspired! 

Download or order our new Celebrate Little Green Places for Birds poster! Learn more about creating habitat for birds even in the most unusual places.

• Learn how to create a podcast.
• Try a wild art idea: Pigeon Neighbors by Decoy
• Page through a beautiful pigeon scrapbook
  

 
• We've distributed approximately 70,000 kits and created almost 3000 new partnerships! If you ordered a kit and have not received it within one month of ordering, please email us at urbanbirds@cornell.edu. We appreciate your patience and help.
  
• Because of the great demand for kits we need donations asap! Please help so that we can continue to bring bird study to everyone. Click here to learn more about donating to Celebrate Urban Birds or send your check to Celebrate Urban Birds, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, NY 14850.
  

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Celebrate Urban Birds is entirely grant-supported, therefore it is helpful for us to know who is using and benefiting from the program and how we can improve. You can help us by taking this short survey.

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^{Celebrate Urban Birds is supported by Smith Lever funds from the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture}