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Cornell Lab eNews: Summer Birdhouse Tips and Great Feeder Ideas
In this issue: Two musicians match voices with birds, summer
tips for birdhouses and bird feeders, a bird quiz, a Snowy Owl cam, and more.
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Cornell Lab eNews
July 2014
Tree Swallow chicks clamor for food from within
their birdhouse. Photo by vidular via Birdshare.
"All About Birdhouses" Has All You Need to Host
Your Feathered Neighbors
Our NestWatch project has just launched a great
new site that can help you provide safe, attractive homes for birds in your
yard. Learn which species to expect near you, when they will be nesting, what
size birdhouse they need, how to build one, where to put it, and how to keep it
safe from predators. Visit All About Birdhouses and get started!
Share Your Successes. Snap a photo of the nests
around you and send them to NestWatch's Home Tweet Home photo contest. Prizes
include books, feeders, nest boxes, and more; enter by July 31.
Tufted Titmouse by Cindy Bryant via Birdshare.
Go Beyond the Sunflower Seed: Try Our Summer
Bird Feeding Tips
Sure, winter is prime time for feeding
birds—but birds flock to feeders in summer, too. Especially in midsummer, after
they’ve fledged a brood from their nest and they’ve got new mouths to feed.
It's also a great time to try offering more than seeds, and to look for
migratory visitors such as orioles and grosbeaks that will be in the tropics
come December. Click through for our full set of summer bird feeding tips.
Musicians and Birds Face Off in New "Birds Got
Swing" Video
In the space of just a couple of seconds, a
singing bird performs dozens of astonishing vocal feats. How good are they? We
sat down with a jazz composer and a vocal virtuoso and let them explore some of
the oddest and prettiest bird songs. Watch as these Grammy-recognized musicians
try to mimic what they hear and see if you agree about which bird has the most
"swing." Watch it now.
Test Your Own Musical Abilities: Our Bird Song
Hero game challenges you to learn songs by the way they look. Try it out.
Do you know the name of this variably yellow
bird with the pointy bill? Photo by Mike Bush via Birdshare.
Which Species Is This?
This bird has chosen a picturesque perch—and
its bright washes of yellow help balance the colors nicely. On the other hand,
you couldn't say there are a whole lot of distinctive field marks to go on.
This bird's shape is a big key to its ID, so look carefully! Do you know what
species this is? Check your guess and learn more.
Click to watch video of two adult Snowy Owls
visiting the nest, one carrying a large meal for the owlets.
Watch Snowy Owlets in Alaska
In the tundra around Barrow, Alaska, Snowy Owls
nest in the 24-hour sunlight. Now you can watch one of these nests, featuring
seven growing owlets, live on our Bird Cams. The camera is located a respectful
distance from the nest, so be aware that the owlets are not always visible
(they tend to hunker behind a low rise). But their parents visit regularly with
meals of lemming and duck—as you can see in this video highlight. What are the
owlets up to now? Check in on the Snowy Owl cam.
Got Snowy Questions? We're holding live-chat
Q&A sessions every day through Friday this week, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time.
Thanks to explore.org and the Owl Research
Institute for making this cam possible.
Tips for Tropical Birding: Our own Tom
Schulenberg, author of Birds of Peru, tells Princeton University Press about
the 35-year making of the book and the joy of Peruvian birding.
Take the July eBird Challenge: Submit at least
50 online checklists to eBird and you could win a pair of binoculars from
Zeiss. Click through for some great tips on birding in July.
"Internet Darling": National Geographic News
published a fond retrospective on Kaloakulua, the Laysan Albatross chick of our
Bird Cams, when she fledged in late June.
Do You Garden for Birds? Our YardMap project
has mounds of helpful information and a thriving community of people who share
your interest. Get started.
Take a Road Trip: Our Upcoming Bird Festivals
and Events webpage makes it easy to plan your next birding destination. You can
look through listings by calendar or on a map, so you can start planning your
road trip right from the page.
Celebrate a New Mural Project With Art for Your Desktop
This delightful Blue-footed Booby is just one of more
than 250 bird portraits in an ambitious mural planned for the Cornell Lab's
visitor center. Jane Kim of Ink Dwell Studios will paint the mural over 14
months beginning in August 2014.
"From So Simple a Beginning: Celebrating the Evolution
and Diversity of Birds" will feature 375 million years of evolution and at
least one bird from every extant bird family. When finished, the 4,000-square
foot mural will cover one entire wall of our visitor center.
We'll be kicking off a crowdfunding campaign in August
to help launch this mural, and to spread the word we're offering a free
download of this Blue-footed Booby painting—the perfect image to brighten up
your computer's desktop. Download it now.
Find Us on Facebook: If you're on Facebook but don't
follow us yet—please join our community of 274,000 fans for a daily dose of
bird quizzes, gorgeous videos, fascinating articles, and tons of photos.
Attention Educators: Check Out These Resources
Which Field Guides Are the Most Kid-Friendly? Our
BirdSleuth staff sat down with teachers to review the options. They looked for
guides that are logically arranged, not too heavy, and neither too packed with
rarities nor too narrow in scope. There are lots of good options—read the full
roundup.
Summer Webinars in July and August. Our five-part
webinar series will help you learn about birds and how to use Cornell Lab
resources in your educational program. Participants who take all five have the
option to earn 1 CEU credit for $10. We'll be offering all five in two
convenient summer sessions on July 17 and August 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Eastern time. Get the details.
Discount on Habitat Connections Kit. With seven lessons
and hands-on supplies, this kit will help 4th through 8th grade teachers meet
science standards related to ecosystems and human impacts. Save 15% by entering
promotion code Connect15. Learn more.
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through research, education, and citizen science focused on birds. Visit the
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