Discover Birds Is At Work in Venezuela!

The Discover Birds Activity Book has traveled to Guanare, Venezuela, to help youth and their communities discover birds!

Grupo Scout Guanaguanare gathers for a presentation on their Discover Birds project. Ana is holding up both Spanish and English versions of A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela 

The Asociacion Civil Jabiru in Guanare, Venezuela, is working with youth from the Venezuela Scout Association, Grupo Scout Guanaguanare, to help them learn about the importance of birds and develop an environmental education program for families in their community.  This educational project is part of a larger effort to preserve an area of land with 3000 hectares of undisturbed forest that is home to over 223 species of birds and the secretive Andean Bear.  The preliminary inventory of birds in this area also includes over 20 migrating bird species that breed and raise their young in Tennessee (and other US states)! 

The Discover Birds Activity Book is playing an exciting role in this project.  With permission, the Spanish version of the book is being adapted and local birds added to its content and illustrations.  This adaptation enables area youth and their families to learn about and recognize the birds they hear and see in their own community.

This project represents an important and innovative expansion in the way the Discover Birds Activity Book is partnering with world communities to help educate and inspire their youth's interest and enjoyment of birds!

Above, Ana gives a presentation on the importance of the conservation of birds to the health and economy of the community using beautifully illustrated charts.

We are excited to be contributing to this project and look forward to sharing more details and photos with you about their activities A Descubrir Aves!

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

The Discover Birds Activity Book reaches 30,000!

Since its first printing eight years ago, 30,000 Discover Birds Activity books have been distributed to youth around the world!

  

Each book delivered represents inspiration and education provided to the youth of our world who are learning to interact with the environment and appreciate the joy and benefits that come from protecting and engaging with our natural world, especially with birds!  

Credit for this milestone accomplishment goes to Cyndi Routledge, member of the Tennessee Ornithological Society and founder of Southeastern Avian Research.  Cyndi tirelessly promotes this book, ensures the funding for its continuing publication, and distributes the books!  As the book's author and illustrator, I cannot thank Cyndi enough for her efforts.    

Cyndi also coordinates the printing of the books and she reports that an additional 3000 books have been printed in 2020 and are ready for distribution!  Thank you, to Cyndi and Steve Routledge for providing their safe storage!  

The current printing of the Discover Birds Activity Book is made possible though generous matching donations from the Tennessee Ornithological Society (TOS) and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.  

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