New Printing of our Discover Birds Activity Books!

Eleven thousand new Discover Birds Activity Books have just been delivered to our storage facility in Clarksville, Tennessee!  

A special THANK YOU to Cyndi Routledge for her efforts in securing funding and for coordinating the printing of the books.  A big THANK YOU to the Tennessee Ornithological Society and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency for their generous donations of matching funds for this printing. 

We also owe a debt of gratitude to Steve and Cyndi Routledge for their generous donation of space for storage while the books are being distributed.

TOS member Cyndi Routledge, of Clarksville, coordinates the free distribution of the Discover Birds Activity Books. The only requirement is that the books be used as part of an educational program that includes a bird walk experience introducing children to the birds around them.  Educational programs are also asked to provide a brief description of their activities and photographs that can be shared with others on the Discover Birds Blog.

To make a request for activity books for your classroom or program, contact Cyndi Routledge at routledges@bellsouth.net.

To download and print a copy of the activity book, visit:  The Tennessee Ornithological Society--Educational Resources page.

Discover Birds Activity Book
Discover Birds Curriculum Guide
Discover Birds Program
Tennessee Ornithological Society
Tennessee Watchable Wildlife sponsored by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

Sevierville Primary Students Say "Thank you!"

Everyone enjoys getting mail and the Discover Birds volunteers are no exception!  Sara Green of Sevierville Primary School and her fellow teachers sent us some heart warming thank you notes and books made by students soon after our visit with them last spring.  I have posted some of the art work and letters here for you to enjoy with us!

Volunteer, Oliver Lang, was a big hit with Mrs Porter's second grade class! He received an entire book of class letters from the students, thanking him for helping them see birds and for the stories he told them about birds.  

Oliver Lang, above, helping a student look at a bird through a birding telescope.

Sara Green also sent exciting feedback to us about our Discover Birds Program and the Discover Birds Activity Book:

"THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!! Our students and teachers can talk about nothing else! What an inspiration you all were to us to be more aware and careful about our bird population.   You have left a lasting impression on our students as well as our teachers.  We all learned so much and will continue to learn from the beautiful materials that you so graciously left with us.  Vickie, I did not realize until after you left that your book was so incredible!  What amazing illustrations!  Some of our students that may not be the star students in math and reading have found an outlet for their artistic talent and now want to make their own books!  Thank you so much.  Everyone that you brought with you educated us and shared with all of us their passion for birds and wildlife. We will never be the same."   Sarah Green

Photo credit Sara Green.  Mrs Green's students create their own bird books.

 Photo credit:  Sarah Green

 Photo credit Sarah Green

For more information about the Discover Birds Program contact Billie Cantwell at:   bfcantwell@gmail.com

Links and resources:

Our Discover Birds program visit to Sevierville Primary School
Sevierville Primary School
Knoxville Chapter of the Tennessee Ornithological Society
Tennessee Ornithological Society
Tennessee Birds
Birds at Tennessee Watchable Wildlife 
To find out more about birds and hear their songs visit Cornell's All About Birds and type in the name of the bird.