Outreach Materials

Welcome to the searchable Shorebird Outreach Resource Directory. The materials here are available for downloading, sharing, and most may be modified for your own use. If you have material you would like to share with the broader shorebird community please submit your material for approval.



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Article in Connecticut Wildlife Magazine/Update on the 2012 Season

article describing leg banding on plovers and how to report them, the challenges of plover nesting and why their numbers are decreasing, how people help by posting signs and putting up fence, and other facts about their nesting, breeding, and migration habits

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Article in Connecticut Wildlife Magazine/Beach Monitoring

article describing leg banding on plovers and how to report them, the challenges of plover nesting and why their numbers are decreasing, how people help by posting signs and putting up fence, and other facts about their nesting, breeding, and migration habits

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Article in Connecticut Wildlife Magazine/Weathering Storms

articles describing leg banding on plovers and how to report them, the challenges of plover nesting and why their numbers are decreasing, how people help by posting signs and putting up fence, and other facts about their nesting, breeding, and migration habits

Delaware Shorebird Project

website describing the mission of the Delaware shorebird project and why they're importatn, also gives links to severeal sources for volunteering and more information on research, ecology, and shorebirds in general

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Delaware Shorebird Project Facebook

Facebook page providing regular updates and pictures about what the Delaware Shorebird Project is doing and how they're impacting the community

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Delaware Shorebird Listserve

website telling how to volunteer with the Shorebird Project and giving the option to sign up for the email listserve, also tells what volunteers do

Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commision Shorebird Website

description of beach nesting birds, how people can help protect them and several links to materials relating to vehicles on the beach, other seabirds and shorebirds and other animal species that people can help conserve

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Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission Shorebird Database

database that requires singing in that has information about all shorebirds and seabirds in FL that has been reported

Florida Shorebird Alliance

website with several tabs that describe the work that the alliance is doing, how to get involved, how to contact them, and also gives several resources

Florida Shorebird Alliance Newsletter

webpage with links to recent newletters that pertain to shorebirds or things that can affect them

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Florida Shorebird Alliance Outreach Materials

webpage with links to several different types of materials from coloring books to postcards and brochures all pertaining to shorebirds

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Florida Bird Conservation Initiative

website with a mission that states the need to conserve FL birds and other facts about the group with several tabs leading to differnt programs and how other people can help

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Coastal Wildlife Conservation Initiative

website depicting the importance of coastal species, especially birds, gives materials for poster, facts, and other partnership regions

Coastal Wildlife Conservation Initiative

poster showing the dangers to wildlife and how they nest, also gives the objective, approach, and benefits of the initiative

Shorebird Species Profiles

webpage with links to 5 different shore/seabirds and information about their appearance, habitat, and behavior

Waterbird Species Profile

Webpage with links to 6 waterbird species with information about their appearance, behavior, and habitat

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Best Practices at the Beach: Be a Beach Hero

brochure with information about how to help preserve the beach and the organisms living on it like the wrack, sea turtles, and the birds

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How to be a Shorebird-Friendly Photographer

brochure informing photographer how and when to safely photograph birds, when they're nesting, and where to position yourself

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Press Release: Give Florida’s Beach-nesting Shorebirds Space to Help Them Survive

article stating how to go about not disturbing nesting birds on the beach and describing how nests are usually camoflaged

Facebook post: Give Florida’s Beach-nesting Shorebirds Space to Help Them Survive

facebook post describing how shorebirds nest and telling people to not go near them, also gives links to more information on shorebirds