Young birds need healthy, natural spaces in which to thrive, and new research indicates that our own children do, too. Thanks to our partnerships with Jones Valley Teaching Farm and Desert Island Supply Co., we’re working to provide students at Birmingham’s W.E. Putnam Middle School with just that.
By removing invasive plants like Chinese privet and Bradford pear, Alabama Audubon is opening up room for the school’s forest understory to regenerate, and providing access for the students and teachers to study the Brown-headed Nuthatches, White-eyed Vireos, and Red-tailed Hawks that call their schoolyard home. Learn more about our Putnam work by watching the video below, or check out the Audubon Magazine article “At This Alabama Middle School, the Birds Belong to Everyone.”
Support our ongoing work at Putnam by visiting our giving page today.
Interested in becoming a Habitat Volunteer at Putnam?
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Photos and video courtesy Mike Fernandez/Audubon.org on Vimeo.
Below, you can see our site plans for the new Audubon-Datnow Forest Preserve at Putnam! Special thanks to Claire Datnow who founded the trail and outdoor classroom during her tenure at Putnam in the 1990s. We are honored to continue her legacy and grow this preserve into something even greater for the students and birds to enjoy for years to come. Site plans (below) are courtesy of Lorberbaum McNair Odrezin Partners (LMO Partners).
