Ideas

Focus on Community (Event Approach)

women dancing and performing in costumes

Partner with artists to attract and engage families

Partner with a local artist to create a mural or portable mural, with helpers from the community

Invite musicians/dancers to share their music/dance with families (an interactive experience is even better, with performance and teaching combined)

Hold bird walks and collect data for Celebrate Urban Birds

Build nestboxes and nesting platforms to place in your park

Partner with a local library to hold book readings for children

Partner with a local art gallery to showcase art/photos taken in the park

Partner with a wildlife rehabilitation organization to bring live birds to the park

Partner with local businesses such as native plant nurseries and supermarkets to provide local expertise, products, and refreshments

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Celebrate Urban Birds strives to co-create bilingual, inclusive, and equity-based community science projects that serve communities that have been historically underrepresented or excluded from birding, conservation, and citizen science. The project seeks to promote better science through equitable knowledge sharing, increased access, centering missing voices and experiences, and intentionally advocating for community ownership and scientific research leadership. Together with participating communities, the project has co-developed processes to co-design, pilot, and implement scientific research and programming while focusing on race and equity.

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