Outreach

AREI’s activities enable both the young and the young-at-heart to appreciate, learn, and develop a sense of responsibility and love for our living world. We utilize bird banding to introduce nature and the environment through a bird’s eyes.  Our Outreach activities allow us to visit folks that are unable to get out to the banding stations.  We can bring the outdoors to them by conducting banding demonstrations and providing information on avian conservation.

Small, brightly colored avian gems create an immediate bond that opens minds and allows us to introduce important environmental concepts and problems. Understanding where birds go, how they get there, and what they need to survive, all allow for open discussions on habitat, pollution, geography, physiology, and conservation – concepts that are usually only words in a classroom.

AREI staff make presentations to several community groups including: Lions Clubs, Isaac Walton Leagues, Audubon groups, Birding groups, Garden Clubs, retirement communities, and more.

2008 Outreach Activities

Note: Check back often for new updates and additions! Check the calendar page for a more detailed schedule and description of events.

January:  Chili Challenge Kickoff, Training at CBO, Birds Without Borders Training, Banding at ERC, Miami University Ornithology class visits banding stations.

February:  Banding at CBO, sporadic banding at MUBO & HWBS, Miami University Ornithology class visits banding stations, Williamsburg Garden Club talk, Poster presentation at the Partners In Flight International Conference in McAllen, TX, Columbus Audubon talk, Birding Class at CBO.

March:  Banding at CBO, MUBO, HWBS and MBS, Miami University Ornithology class visits banding stations, Birds Without Borders Workshop in Tamaulipas, Mexico.

April:  Banding at CBO, MUBO & HWBS, NABC testing, Life Learning Class at Sisters of Charity, Birding Class at Sisters of Charity, Miami University Ornithology class visits banding stations, talk to Talawanda High School Biology classes, booth at Celebration of Teaching and Learning at the College of Mount St. Joseph, booth at Earth Day festival in Oxford, OH, birding trip to Crane Creek.

May: Banding at CBO, MUBO & HWBS, CBO Grand Opening Celebration on International Migratory Bird Day – HUGE party at CBO!, Big Day of Birding, Chili Challenge ends, Birds Without Borders Workshop in Ohio,  students and faculty from Autonomous University of Tamaulipas visit banding stations and stay with volunteers, Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society members visit banding stations

June: Banding at CBO, MUBO & HWBS, MAPS at Big Woods

July: Banding at CBO, MUBO & HWBS, MAPS at Big Woods, Banding trip to Dominica

August:  Banding trip to Dominica, banding at CBO, MUBO & HWBS, MAPS at Big Woods, talk at Des Fleurs Garden Club at Hueston Woods Lodge

September: Banding at CBO, MUBO & HWBS, banding trip to San Diego, CA

October: Banding at CBO, MUBO & HWBS, Saw Whet Owl Banding

November: Banding at CBO, MUBO & HWBS, Saw Whet Owl Banding