Recent study shows that the noise of the city really does affect our bird neighbors:
Steve Nowicki studies animal communication and says young songbirds learn from older ones, so after a while differences in style emerge. ”We know that birds can be attentive to very subtle differences in their songs in the context of choosing whom to mate with,” he says.
So if birds from the city can’t flirt with birds from the country anymore, “those birds are actually going to be less likely to mate with each other,” he says. “I mean, literally they’re going to stop being able to speak the same language.” >> Read more at npr.org
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has decades of experience connecting hundreds of thousands of people with nature. Their newest initiative, Celebrate Urban Birds, involves using visual and performing arts, participatory art, and science projects to engage city dwellers.
Hear the Birds of Brooklyn at Ecoartspace: 53 Mercer Street, 3rd floor, NYC from December 4th – 12th, noon to 6pm. Support Ecoartspace by purchasing one of the many amazing drawings on view!
When walking down Flatbush Avenue from the Nevins subway stop, you might hear the sounds of Brooklyn birds over the din of truck and car traffic. Or if you happen to be visiting one of the many excellent businesses at the Metropolitan Exchange building, located at 33 Flatbush Avenue , take a moment to LISTEN to the Birds of Brooklyn!
LAVA is now home to a new kind of performance — the Birds of Brooklyn! Students of this unique acrobatic and dance studio can LISTEN for the birds and so can you when you walk by 524 Bergen Street.
Brooklyn Design Lab at 413 7th Avenue in Park Slope is now a Birds of Brooklyn host site. Kids enrolled in the Lab’s excellent art and design classes will hear the Birds of Brooklyn when they arrive, but if you happen to be walking down 7th Avenue, please take a moment to LISTEN for the Birds of Brooklyn.
