Earth Day Every Day! - Summer Birds in Your Back Yard

With summer ahead and many destinations resuming operations, your own backyard and local park might still be the best place to take a break with family and friends.  Meet Sydney Dragon, a Student Conservation Association Intern with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Sydney will continue teaching us about birds in our area and what that means for them, and what having them in our world means about the environment. She leads monthly walks in DFW to help folks glimpse all species of winged friends. The program also introduces the #BigYearAtHome campaign and the May challenge for birds. The campaign is made possible through a partnership between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Partners in Flight, Klamath Bird Observatory, and the #BigYearAtHome campaign. We have lost about 3 billion birds since 1970 and we can help bring them back.

DIY - Follow along and have your ingredients ready to make a Pinecone bird feeder.  Sydney will demonstrate live!

Materials:

            Pinecone

            String or twine

            Peanut butter (Plain)

            Black-oil sunflower seeds, with or without the shell

            A fork or you can use your fingers to apply the peanut butter

            Optional: Peanuts, white proso millet, cracked corn, safflower seeds

(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (fws.gov)

#BigYearAtHome May Challenges | Partners in Flight

Meet Sydney:

Sydney Dragon (Student Conservation Association intern at Arlington Ecological Services Office) describes the best ways to enjoy backyard bird feeding from the comfort of your home. Sydney leads monthly Bird Walks in DFW that anyone can join, and she helps identify birds by sight and song. Sydney studied biology at University of Texas at Arlington, is a Cross Timbers Master Naturalist, and enjoys birding in her free time using the app iNaturalist.  

• Conservation in Urban Areas: Backyard Bird Feeding

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bkliew6aj8

Earth Day Every Day is a series of online environmental education sessions continuing with the Earth Day theme and bringing expert speakers, special program topics, and a reminder that every day is Earth Day. Presented by Dallas Environmental Quality and Sustainability (DEQS; Green Dallas). These topics empower Dallas residents to make sustainable choices that improve the quality of life for everyone in Dallas and the world.

This program is available online only, through Zoom. Registration is required. Zoom information will be emailed the day of the program. Emails may go to your spam folder.