In the title of this post is a link to the "Q&A" column of the New York Time's science section.
A reader asked why the pigeons that are ever present in front of her brownstone in Brooklyn never stay in the "nice backyard." The question is answered by "Miyoko Chu, director of communications for the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology in Ithaca, N.Y."
In the last two paragraphs, Dr. Chu plugs citizen science, specifically the lab's "Celebrate Urban Birds!" project. (www.birds.cornell.edu/celebration.)
It made me smile to see exactly what we were talking about last week in the New York Times!
3 comments:
This was a great article that you found! I always feel a sense of pride when I see that Cornell is quoted or mentioned in an article. I thought that the question was both interesting and true, although I would have never thought to ask it. Two examples stood out in this article that represent material we have covered in class. The most obvious of the two is Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Celebrate Urban Birds! citizen-science project, since we just had a guest lecture give an entire speech about this topic. I also thought that the cartoon included with the article was an appropriate and humorous form of visual communication.
If you're interested, the Lab of Ornithology has a variety of tools for individuals to get involved with, both online (http://ebird.org/ebird/eBirdReports?cmd=Start) and offline. It's really neat to see citizen science truly engaging communities and individuals of all ages in projects which would otherwise be less compelling, and probably less visible to the public. Mutually beneficial to both researchers and participants, the “Lab of O” has truly created a great program.
Wow, thanks for posting this! I read through the paper all the time, but I must have skipped over this section and I love that you shared it with us, it’s actually really exciting. While our science comm. class obviously applies to the world around us and aspects of it are incorporated into our daily life, it’s rare to see almost our entire lesson plan word for word out in the real world. I love that everything we were talking about, like citizen science and even the Cornell lab of O, were specifically mentioned to answer what seemed to be a simple question. This example just goes to show how relevant the topics we’ve been discussing actually are in everything form complex science comm. to even the simplest daily thoughts and questions we might have about life in general.
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