WELCOME!Cornell Lab of Ornithology

2007-2008 Urban Bird Gardens Planning Grant

2006 Urban Bird Gardens NSF Proposal

2009 Connect!

Urban Bird Gardens PartnersAspira of Florida, IncAspira of Florida, Inc

Youth Policy InstituteYouth Policy Institute

Chicanos por la CausaChicanos por la Causa

Corazón Community ServicesCorazón Community Services

Houston Children’s Museum Houston Children’s Museum

New York Restoration ProjectNew York Restoration Project

Community Family CentersCommunity Family Centers

Community Science WorkshopCommunity Science Workshop

Urban Bird Gardens Advisors

Sofia VillenasCornell University

Sofia VillenasCornell University

Francisco Villarruel Michigan State UniversityFrancisco Villarruel Michigan State University

Latino Outreach at the Lab

Celebrate Urban Birds!Celebrate Urban Birds! Research and ConservationResearch and Conservation

Biological Inventories and exchange with Cuban scientists.

Golondrinas de las Americas

Graduate Research in Latin America

Macaulay Library – sounds and images

AverAves

The Gran Pajonal Expedition

Ernesto

2. Community Partner Interviews with organization leaders and staff in all six cities (Los Angeles, Houston, Phoenix, Miami, Chicago, New York)

Focus: To develop best practices in working with Latino community To better understand the resources and needs of organizations working with Latino families To better understand the needs and strengths of their communities

Valentina Ferretti (Cornell MS 2004; current PhD student) is studying the evolution of mating systems in the swallow genus Tachycineta.

Valentina Ferretti (Cornell MS 2004; current PhD student) is studying the evolution of mating systems in the swallow genus Tachycineta.

Viviana Ruiz-Gutiérrez(Current PhD student) is studying the effects of habitat fragmentation on tropical wildlife population.

Viviana Ruiz-Gutiérrez(Current PhD student) is studying the effects of habitat fragmentation on tropical wildlife population.

•How do we hook them?•How do we nurture and develop the interest?•How do we retain the enthusiasm?

Youth at a Celebrate Urban Birds event at Swindler Cove Park, New York City, in partnership with NYRP

Urban Bird Gardens Planning Grant

1. Focus groups Values and goals in leisure activities, science/scientists/environmental science, technology, community, birds, and citizen science

3. Community Profile Research Focus:

• To better understand communities and larger context• To better understand community dynamics

2. Community Partner InterviewsFocus:• To develop best practices in working with Latino community• To better understand the resources and needs of organizations working with Latino families• To better understand the needs and strengths of their communities

The Future