I'm passing this along from Cornell:

Little Green Places: contest invitation‏ From: Patricia Leonard

Hello again! This past June we told you about the Celebrate Urban Birds! project from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. It's an easy, fun way for city-dwellers to get to know their birds, enjoy the outdoors, and contribute information that scientists can actually use to study urban birds. Now we want to tell you about our "Little Green Places" contest. We want to see your photo, drawing, or video of a Little Green Space that's good for birds. Have you noticed a spot that birds like because it provides shelter, food, or water? It could be an ivy-covered wall, flowers next to the stoop, a windowbox, a container garden on a rooftop or balcony, your school garden, or the potted plants by your library entryway. Send a photo, drawing, or link to your video to urbanbirds@cornell.edu . We'll send the first fifty entries a copy of the new "Celebrate Little Green Places" poster and there will be other great prizes, including a $100 gift certificate from Johnny's Selected Seeds. The deadline is October 31. Information about the Little Green Places contest can be found on our web site: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/celebration/temporary/little-green-places-photo-video-contest(Make sure to watch our video about the contest!) We're also attaching a flyer that you can post on a bulletin board, if you wish. Please feel free to modify this information for use in a newsletter or in any other way that helps spread the word. We can't wait to see your Little Green Places!Best wishes, Karen Purcell, project leader Celebrate Urban Birds! http://www.celebrateurbanbirds.org/
kap7@cornell.edu