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