Educational Activity

Help Prospect Park Alliance celebrate the importance of stop-overs like Prospect Park to migratory birds. More than 250 species have been recorded in the park, and it is not uncommon to see 100 or more species in one spring day.

• Blooming Naturalist 10–12 pm: Learn about native plants and their importance to migratory birds.

Celebrate International Migratory Bird Day by touring the marsh in search of avian residents as they begin the breeding season. This program is for ages 8 to adult, under 13 w/adult.

Learning is always an adventure at the Virginia Zoo! Join us for our EdZOOcation Days to explore animals and their habitats through hands-on activities, crafts, stories, Keeper Chats, and up-close encounters with our program animal ambassadors. Contribute directly to conservation efforts around the world and learn about what you can do every day to protect the species you love!

Students will work with Humedal de Pesco to explore the importance of wetlands to migratory birds and present their findings during a multi-school webinar. 

The children of Oualidia Private School gathered in Oualidia Ecological Teaching Centre to give an enthusiastic homage to their winged companions. The Ecological Centre, run by GREPOM (BirdLife in Morocco), provides training that empowers local groups to put conservation projects into action. Every year, it also hosts the World Migratory Bird Day celebrations, with an exciting program of events including photo competitions and nest box-making workshops.

Come meet Mary Bethe Wright from the Alaska Bird Treatment and Learning Center and her Golden Eagle "Denali." 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

10:00-11:30 Bird Feeder Building
12:00-1:00 Live Bird Presentation

Families Welcome!
Special Thanks to Ravn Air and Friends of Alaska Refuges
For more information call: the Refuge Visitor Center: 487-2626

A presentation on the natural history of chimney swifts for second graders at the William Kelley Elementary School in Silver Bay Minnesota.  Students will learn about the swifts roosting in the school chimney, fun facts about these birds, migration information and conservation efforts including plans for building an artificial roosting structure at the school.

As in 2017, this year the "Tropical Biodiversity and Social Enterprise" (TBSE) decided to celebrate the World Migratory Bird Day here in Fort Dauphin, Madagascar. The event centered around three main activities : Movie watching ; Educational Activity ; Birdwatching, and will be celebrated on the 9th of May, and the 12th of May. The first session of the 9th of May includes film screening and educational activity. We hope to host around 40 students from schools arond the town.

Specialists of the department of Environmental Education of the National Park "Hutsulshchyna" held an educational lecture on birds for pupils of the 5th grade of the Cherhanivka`s school. Schoolchildren were pleased and learned a lot about Kosivshchyna`s birds.

Need to identify a bird? Ask a current or former Meeker Elementary School student. They’re likely to know more about local birds than the average adult, thanks to 15 years of cooperation between the Meeker Elementary, Barone Middle School, the Blanco Ranger District and wildlife biologist Mary Cunningham.