Your January Membership Benefits
From: Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2018 5:30 PM
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January 2018
Dear Paul,
Welcome to 2018—Year of the Bird!
I hope your year is off to a great start. We've
joined forces with National Geographic, National Audubon Society, BirdLife
International, and more than 100 other organizations to declare 2018 the Year
of the Bird. Coinciding with the centennial of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act's
ratification, it's a great moment to deepen your support of birds. To kick off
the year, we've collected six resolutions to help you #BirdYourWorld in 2018.
Video: Couldn’t Have Done it Without You
I hope you enjoy this short video where Cornell
Lab Director John W. Fitzpatrick talks about some of our favorite things about
birds, why they are so vital to the world we live in, and how your support
advances the understanding and protection of birds. We are so thankful to have
you as a part of the Cornell Lab family!
Turn Your Love of Bird Feeding into Scientific
Discoveries
Blue Jay in the Snow by Harry Foster
"Project FeederWatch gave me one of the best
winters I've ever had! I learned so much, and I looked forward to every count
day.” –Beth Melonuk, Fort Laramie, WYT
It’s not too late to sign up!
Participate in Project FeederWatch and join the
thousands of citizen scientists who help monitor bird populations. As a Cornell
Lab member, you can join for just $15.
While watching your feeders, you can also upload
your best photographs to the BirdSpotter Photo Contest. Every other week, two
photographers receive over $150 in prizes from the Cornell Lab and Wild Birds
Unlimited (WBU). Every participant is automatically entered into the grand
prize drawing in March and could even be featured in WBU’s 2019 wall calendar!
Spot North America’s Aquatic Songbird
American Dipper by Mary Le Patourel
Yosemite National Park is the perfect place to
catch a glimpse of North America’s only truly aquatic songbird, the American
Dipper. A stocky, gray bird, with long legs, the American Dipper is adapted to
life near streams and rivers such as those found in Yosemite Valley. The
American Dipper, or “water ouzel” as John Muir affectionately called the bird,
has a distinctive feeding behavior as it dips and plunges beneath the water’s
surface to forage for food. Muir was so enamored with the water ouzel that he
devoted an entire chapter to the bird in his 1894 book The Mountains of
California.
Book your Yosemite winter getaway and catch a
glimpse of the American Dipper. Don’t forget to view real-time bird sightings
via eBird. Make the most of your national park vacation by visiting the
Nation’s Vacation for travel ideas and activities.
Sneak Peek at the All-New Version of Our Online
Bird Guide
We're redesigning our All About Birds species
guide, and we wanted our members to have a sneak peek before the site's full
launch in early February. The new site features more than 7,500 brand-new
images, a comparison tool for similar species, and a clean, smartphone-friendly
design. You can read about all the new features in this All About Birds
article—and tell us what you think of the site in the comments section. Or you
can go straight to the new site. Enjoy the larger photos and great information!
Help Living Bird Win an Award
Our Winter 2017 Living Bird cover—the one
featuring a fun wraparound coloring book scene—is up for a People's Choice
award from the American Society of Magazine Editors. Last year, you helped us
take top honors for our Gentoo Penguin portrait from Winter 2016. This year,
can you help us to once again prove the power of birds to win people's hearts?
Click here to vote for the cover via Facebook. Voting ends Jan. 31—and thank
you!
Thank you for being a member of the Cornell Lab.
Your annual membership support makes the Lab’s work possible. Feel free to drop
me a line anytime if you ever have questions or feedback about your membership.
Sincerely,
Jessica Cassidy
Director of Membership and Annual Giving
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd.
Ithaca, NY 14850
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