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- NSTA Regional Conference
Oregon Convention Center
Wednesday, November 12 at 3:30pm - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Online Se...
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Thursday, November 6 at 10:00am - STANYS Annual Conference
Rochester Riverside Convention Center
Saturday, November 1 at 9:00am - Cornell Science Sampler Series
TBD
Saturday, October 18 at 10:00am
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BirdSleuth Today is the last day to register for the fall educator's workshop at the Lab! Visit the link below to register. At that site, you can also indicate your interest in attending a future workshop and which month(s) work best for you. Due to the fantastic response, we're likely to host a teacher workshop this spring or summer!
Source: www.birds.cornell.edu
Educators—you’re invited to a weekend workshop that will deeply engage you in learning with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology!
BirdSleuth is getting excited about the fall educator's workshop at the Lab!
BirdSleuth For a few weeks, I've considering not buying plastic bottles (no bottled water, no bottled soda from the vending machine) as a small step toward helping the earth. The sight of these birds with plastic bottle caps in their bellies will push me to actually DO IT. I didn't even know about the Pacific Trash Gyre!
Source: blogs.reuters.com
Photographer Chris Jordan shared a sobering tale of his journey to Midway Atoll with the Poptech conference on Thursday, where he captured horrifying images of baby birds killed by plastic from the Pacific Trash Gyre. The crowd, which had been listening to a day of Big Ideas, was dumbstruck.
BirdSleuth Is doing a new workshop entitled "Animal Math" at the Science Teachers of New York (STANYS) conference this morning.
BirdSleuth Happy Halloweeen from BirdSleuth! While we don't recommend giving candy to trick-or-treating birds, you might enjoy this link!
BirdSleuth I found this great, short audio clip describing why geese fly in a "V" and small birds don't-- helping to answer one of my fall questions about geese!
Source: www.birdnote.org
Among the most evocative sounds of early autumn are the voices of migratory geese, flying overhead in V-formation. For more about geese and ducks, visit Cornell'sAllAboutBirds.To find your local Audubon chapter and go on a field trip,begin here.
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Most mornings that I walk to work, I hear Canada Geese overhead, honking and flying in a "V" on their way south. While seem to be on the move, many of them will continue to hang out in Ithaca all winter. Even with the "simple" Canada Goose, there is so much to be curious about! I wonder...
Why do geese fly in the "V..." pattern and other bird species don't?
Why do some Canada Geese fly south, and some don't?
Are all "Canada Geese" the same species all over the country?
How do geese feet not freeze in freezing cold weather?
How long can a goose live?
Are goose populations increasing?
What do you wonder about Canada Geese?Read More
Why do geese fly in the "V..." pattern and other bird species don't?
Why do some Canada Geese fly south, and some don't?
Are all "Canada Geese" the same species all over the country?
How do geese feet not freeze in freezing cold weather?
How long can a goose live?
Are goose populations increasing?
What do you wonder about Canada Geese?Read More
Source: www.allaboutbirds.org
Learn how to identify Canada Goose, its life history, cool facts, sounds and calls, and watch videos. A familiar and widespread goose with a black head and neck, white chinstrap, light tan to cream breast and brown back. ...
BirdSleuth It's nearly Halloween-- are you dressing up? Don't forget-- if we hit 500 fans by midnight on Halloween, five of our Facebook fans will win a BirdSleuth module and five fans will win a plush Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Please share BirdSleuth with other educators in your friends list (just click the "Share+" button at the bottom left of this page.)
BirdSleuth Today as I walked to work, I could hear a group of Canada Geese flying overhead, and it struck me that their voices all sounded very different. I'm not sure why this surprized me-- I know that humans sound very different, and even with my eyes closed I can tell my four cats apart by their meows-- but I really realized in that moment that each goose was an individual.
BirdSleuth I hope they are paying this Rock Pigeon well!
Source: www.youtube.com
A pigeon lines up for the kickoff and flys down the field with the Oakland Raiders
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Please consider attending the BirdSleuth's first-ever weekend retreat for educators at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology! Join me for hands-on activities and authentic inquiry experiences, both indoors and out. All participants recieve free curriculum and resources and will learn about citizen science, outdoor teaching, b...ird diversity and adaptations, inquiry and student investigations, and birds as a gateway to interdisciplinary study. Sound like fun? Please join me next month at the Lab!Read More
Source: www.birds.cornell.edu
Teachers—you’re invited to a weekend workshop that will deeply engage you in learning with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology! November 21-22, 2009
BirdSleuth How depressing.
Source: news.nationalgeographic.com
A rare quail from the Philippines was photographed for the first time before being sold at a poultry market, experts say.
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Would you like to be a better birder? Over the last month, I've shared the first two installments of our new "Inside Birding" video series. In this latest episode, you'll learn how a bird's behavior can be a good clue for identifying it. Enjoy! http://www.allaboutbirds.org/NetCommunit
Source: www.allaboutbirds.org
Besides being fun, observing the way a bird behaves can provide critical clues to its identity.
