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The story of how Green Jay Mayan Birding got started is a rather beautiful one. The founders of the club, a husband and wife team, spotted a number of vibrantly colored birds flying by their home in the Yucatán Peninsula, México. One thing led to another until Juan Flores and Cecilia Alvarez’ initial curiosity became a dedication and passion for birding. The club was founded in 2012 with the goal of promoting a culture of bird watchers of all ages and from all cultural and economic backgrounds.
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Wondering why Ceci and Juan do what they do?
This short, beautifully-choreographed video will have you ready to pack your bags and join them for some birding in the Yucatán.
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Ready to get your game on? Ceci and Juan have created a fun NOISE Project word search to remind us of how terms like sound, silence, stress, health, and nature are important to our learning about noise pollution’s causes, effects, and solutions.
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Although we love seeing and hearing birds in expansive natural spaces, most of us live and work in urban areas where we might find birding to be a challenge.
Ceci and Juan show us the way to see past the concrete, steel, and city grime in this video of a painted bunting (Passerina ciris) taken at Cancún’s very urban Malecón Tajamar.
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