Through Oak Park Education Foundation's Science Alliance program, we work with elementary school teachers and students to bring ecology to their classrooms. One year, we brought bird skins and owl pellets into Ms. Browning's 3rd grade classroom at Irving Elementary School. We loved this owl pellet song!
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Working with Chicago-area residents
We have worked with Chicago-area residents in many ways over the years, both directly and indirectly. In 2009-2010, Chicago-area residents helped us locate Monk Parakeet nests for our 'Chicago Parakeet Project'. In the years since, dozens of residents have allowed us to use their yards to study urban pollinators and pollination services. We have also recorded the plants in 100s of yards of Chicago residents. We are very grateful for the support and cooperation!
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Our 'mobile garden' in the backyard of a generous volunteer, summer 2013
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The brochure we handed out to interested observers during our 2015 study of front yard vegetation. PDF of full brochure
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Some Monk Parakeet nests reported to us by residents. Here is a copy of our press release about the project, although the link to the survey is no longer active. |