Let’s get outdoors during school break! Will we find frogs, frogs, newly-returned birds?
Can we find a fungus, an animal, a new spring plant? After a time outside, we will look at some of our findings up close and look for birds at our feeders. A great way to celebrate Earth Day!
Please register in advance. Use the button below:
Or call + 1 802 434-2167
All ages welcome • Children should be accompanied by an adult.
Limited to 10 guests
Suggested: $10
Outdoors! Mud boots recommended; dress for the day’s weather.
Enjoy a hands-on workshop where people of all ages and skill levels “craft for a cause” by creating soft-sculpture replicas of real birds lost to collisions and learn practical ways we can help protect birds in the built environment.
Bird Collisions in the Anthropocene leads this event at the Birds of Vermont Museum. They are a community art and advocacy project raising awareness about bird building collisions—a leading cause of bird mortality in the United States.
Included with museum admission (free for museum members!).
Register online, or call us (802 434-2167), or just drop in!
Outdoors if weather permits
All ages & skill levels welcome! All materials provided!
More About the Workshop
Make a small fabric bird based on a real migratory bird found in Vermont for Bird Collisions in the Anthropocene, a community-sourced conservation art project. Learn about migratory birds in Vermont and the hazards of glass windows, while we craft together.
At this bird-crafting workshop, you will decorate a small, pre-made fabric “bird body” with natural fabrics and small decorations like beads, shells, and buttons that you choose from our supplies. You’ll attach them using water-soluble tacky glue. The aim is to make your bird resemble a real bird species affected by building collisions. But, no pressure! You don’t have to be an artist or a crafter to use your imagination to bring a bird to life.
SPECIES WE’LL BE CRAFTING:
Common Yellowthroat
Magnolia Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Cedar Waxwing
Brown Creeper
Swamp Sparrow
Our “sculptures” will become part of a traveling art exhibit of 10,000+ birds,raising awareness about bird building collisions in the United States, a leading cause of bird mortality. Every year, nearly 2 billion birds die after colliding with glass in our country. Migratory birds are disproportionately affected by collisions.
Come craft a bird, bring a friend, meet new friends, and enjoy a wonderful morning of “crafting for a cause.”
More or less alternate Sundays, May 18 – October 31 • 2 – 3pm
(Next ones are June 15 and 29)
Welcome to the 2014 “Sundays for Fledglings” series. Come discover birds with us, from feathers to flying, from art to zoology. Want to develop mad skillz in observation, research, and goofing around? Yes! Earn Your Junior Birder Badge! If you already have one, we will help you become an even better birder, biologist, or artist!
Programs runs more or less alternating Sundays May – October. Keep an eye on the calendar for Monthly Themes, schedule changes, and more!
Perfect for kids aged 5-9 (siblings welcome). Free with admission; donations welcome • Pre-registration is helpful and please check the schedule
