Outreach
Smithsonian researchers have been able to touch the lives of people throughout the world.
The audience is as diverse as children and teachers at schools in both United States inner cities and remote rural communities in developing countries, coffee farmers in Latin America, citizens in suburban neighborhoods, and heads of Federal agencies.
Speaker's Bureau
Smithsonian ornithologists are available to a variety of talks.
List of talks and contact information
Websites
National Museum of Natural History
- Home page
- Bird Type Catalog: a searchable database of all type specimens in our collection
- Photos by division of birds staff
National Zoological Park
- Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
- Bird Friendly® coffee program, protecting migratory bird habitat
- Spotlight on Birds
- Bird of the Month
- Birds at the National Zoo
- Research on migratory birds
- Fact sheets about migratory bird issues
- Recursos españoles
- Online bird activities for students including games and coloring
- Resources for teachers interested in migratory birds
- Publications about migratory birds
- Interactive images - zoom into beautiful high-res images of birds
- Life histories of migratory birds
- Pictures of birds
Smithsonian Tropical Research Center
- Home page
- Overview of the major contributions to tropical bird biology
- Birds of the Bocas del Toro region in Panama
Citizen Science Programs
Teaching people about bird biology as we learn how different land uses affect breeding bird populations.
Classroom Education Programs
A cross-cultural environmental education program that links elementary school classes across the hemisphere and uses neotropical migratory birds as a theme to enhance environmental and cultural awareness.
Outreach to Policymakers
White papers including comprehensive analyses of shade grown coffee issues and sustainable cacao production.
Coffee, Conservation, and Commerce
Cacao Cultivation and the Conservation of Biological Diversity